Background
Tsutomu Chiba was born in 1883.
Tsutomu Chiba was born in 1883.
After graduating from Tokyo University (1907) proceeded to England for further studies where he attended Oxford University.
Returning home was appointed instructor at his alma mater, later professor at Tokyo School of Foreign Languages, which he resigned to take up a professorship at Jochi University. Is noted for his research on the vowel.