Ogata Tomosaburō

Ogata, 1955

Ogata Tomosaburō ( Japanese 緒 方 知 三郎 ; born January 31, 1883 in Tōkyō ; died August 25, 1973 ) was a Japanese pathologist .

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Ogata Tomosaburō was born as the third son of the doctor Ogata Koreyoshi (緒 方 惟 準: 1843-1909). He graduated from the "Imperial Tōkyō Medical School" (東京 帝国 大学 医科大学, Tōkyō teikoku daigaku ika dagaku). He then continued his education at the Westend Hospital in Berlin. After his return he taught from 1913 to 1923 at his alma mater and then until 1943 at the University of Tōkyō . After leaving as "Meiyo Kyōju" he was president of the Tōkyō Medical School from 1946 to 1954. Since 1946 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences .

He proved that the parotid gland is essential for the development of bones and teeth. Together with Mazono Junjirō, he was the author of a series of publications in 1926 on the effects of vitamin B1 deficiency.

In 1957 Ogata was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in the same year .

Remarks

1. ↑ Today DRK clinics Berlin Westend .
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.): Ogata Tomosaburō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1130.

Web links

• Biographies Ogata Tomosaburō in the Kotobank, Japanese

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