Yoichirō Hirase

Yoichirō Hirase

Yoichirō Hirase
Born December 4, 1859
Awaji Island, Japan
Died May 25, 1925 (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. The majority of his collection of molluscs were destroyed during World War II.[1]

The Hirase Conchological Museum in Kyoto was opened in 1913.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Clench W. J. (1948). "The Hirase collections of mollusks". The Nautilus 62(1): 34-35.
  2. ↑ anonymous (1913). "A conchological museum for Japan". The Nautilus 27(2): 13-14, plate I.

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