Yoichirō Hirase

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Yoichirō Hirase
Yoichirō Hirase
Born	(1859-12-04)December 4, 1859 Awaji Island, Japan
Died	May 25, 1925(1925-05-25) (aged 65) Japan
Fields	malacology

Yoichirō Hirase (平瀬與一郎, Hirase Yoichirō, December 4, 1859 - May 25, 1925) was a Japanese malacologist. His son, Shintarō Hirase, (1884-1939) was also a malacologist.

Majority of his valuable collection of molluscs have been destroyed during the World War II.^[1]

The Hirase Conchological Museum in Kyoto was opened in 1913.^[1]

Bibliography

(1909). 貝類手引草 Kairui Tebikigusa.

References

↑ Clench W. J. (1948). "The Hirase collections of mollusks". The Nautilus 62(1): 34-35.

External links

works by Yoichirō Hirase at Internet Archive

Persondata
Name	Hirase, Shintaro
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese zoologist
Date of birth	December 4, 1859
Place of birth	Awaji Island, Japan
Date of death	May 25, 1925
Place of death	Japan

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