Principal Investigator: Joshua Fogel (History)
Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Major Figures in the Esperanto Movement

Ludwik (Leyzer) Zamenhof (1859–1917), creator of Esperanto
Hu Yuzhi (1896–1986), major figure in the Chinese Esperanto movement
Cai Yuanpei (1860–1940), chancellor of Peking University and first minister of education of the Republic of China
Qian Xuantong (1887–1939), educator
Oka Asajirō (1866–1944), scientist and early Esperantist
Ōsugi Sakae (1885–1923), anarchist and Esperantist
Futabatei Shimei (1864–1909), novelist