Kuwada Yoshinari

Kuwada Yoshinari ( Japanese 桑田 義 備 ; born October 5, 1882 in Osaka ; died August 13, 1981 ) was a Japanese cell biologist.

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Kuwada Yoshinari graduated from Tōkyō University in botany in 1908 . In 1918 he became director of the recently founded "Tokugawa Institute of Biology". From 1922 to 1942 he worked as a professor at the University of Kyōto , which honored him after leaving as "Meiyo Kyōju". Kuwada's research focused on the genetics of rice and corn.

In 1953, Kuwada was awarded a prize by the Academy of Sciences . The Academy accepted him as a member in the same year. In 1962 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in the same year .

Important works are

• "The structure of the chromosomes" (染色体 の 構造, Senshokutai no kōzō)
• "Splitting of cell nuclei" (細胞核 の 分裂, Saibōkaku no bunrestsu)
• "Evolution of Mitosis " (核分裂 の 進化, Kakubunretsu no shinka)

Remarks

1. ↑ The Tokugawa Institute of Biology (徳 川 生物学 研究所, Tokugawa seibutsgaku kenkyūjo) was founded in 1917 by Tokugawa Yoshichika (徳 川 義 親; 1886–1976), 19th head of the House of Owari-Tokugawa .
2. ↑ Meiyo Kyōju (名誉 教授) is occasionally rendered in German as "Professor emeritus". But in contrast to this title, which is automatically used on retirement, this is a special award only occasionally granted in Japan.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Kuwada Yoshinari . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 851.

Web links

• Biographies Kuwada Yoshinari in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus, Kuwada is the family name, Yoshinari the first name.