Ted Fujita
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Japanese-American severe storms researcher
Film & TV
Fukuoka, Japan
Tetsuya Theodore Fujita was a Japanese-American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons revolutionized the knowledge of each.
Known for
- Mr. Tornado — Self (archive footage)2020
- Twister 2: The Terror Continues — Self (archive footage)1996
- Tornado Video Classics, Vol. 1 — Self (archive footage)1992
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- University of Tokyo
- Employer
- Kyushu Institute of Technology
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Notable work
- Fujita scale
- Field of work
- meteorology
- Image
- Ted Fujita 1972 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1920-10-23
- date of death
- 1998-11-19
- name in native language
- 藤田哲也
- nickname
- Mr. Tornados
- name in kana
- ふじた てつや
- Commons category
- Tetsuya Theodore Fujita
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