Background
Torataro Shimomura was born in Kyoto in 1902.
寅太郎 下村
Torataro Shimomura was born in Kyoto in 1902.
He graduated from Philosophy Course, Kyoto University (1926). A pupil of Dr. Kitaro Nishida, he studied philosophy and its relationships with mathematics and natural science.
Torataro Shimomura was appointed professor at Tokyo University of Literature and Science, which was later renamed Tokyo Education University. He wrote "Philosophy of the History of Science" and other books.