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Gustave Boissonade

Gustave Émile Boissonade
Gustave Emile Boissonade
Born(1825-06-07)7 June 1825
Died27 June 1910(1910-06-27) (aged 85)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)legal scholar, educator
Bust of Boissonade on the campus of Hosei University

Gustave Émile Boissonade de Fontarabie (7 June 1825 – 27 June 1910) was a French legal scholar, responsible for drafting much of Japan's civil code during the Meiji Era, and honored as one of the founders of modern Japan's legal system.


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