Manabu Miyoshi

Manabu Miyoshi (三好 学, Miyoshi Manabu, January 4, 1861 May 11, 1939) was a Japanese botanist.

Manabu Miyoshi
M. Miyoshi, between 1895 and 1923
BornDecember 2, 1874
DiedMay 11, 1939 (1939-05-12) (aged 78)
Resting placeTama Cemetery
NationalityJapanese
Alma materImperial University of Tokyo
University of Leipzig
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsImperial University of Tokyo
Doctoral advisorWilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer
Author abbrev. (botany)Miyoshi

Biography

Miyoshi was born in 1861 in the village of Iwamura, now part of modern-day Ena. He was born in a samurai family from the former province of Mino. A graduate of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1889, he continued his scientific training at the University of Leipzig under the direction of German botanist Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer. In 1895, he earned his Doctorate of Science degree and returned to Japan as Professor of Botany at the University of Tokyo.[1]

He entered the Imperial Academy of Japan in 1920.

Throughout his academic career, he studied the genera Prunus and Iris. At the beginning of 20th century, he promoted the idea of ‘natural monuments’ for preservation, a concept he brought back with him from his period of study in Germany.[2]

Awards

Selected publications

  • Miyoshi, Manuba, ed. (1905–1914). Atlas of Japanese Vegetation: Phototype Reproductions of Photographs of Wild and Cultivated Plants as Well as the Plant-Landscapes of Japan, with Explanatory Text. Tokyo: The Maruzen Kabushiki Kaisha (Z.P. Maruya & Co., Ltd.). 15 sets.

References

  1. Stafleu, Frans Antonie (1976). Manabu, Miyoshi (1861-1939). Vol. 3. p. 528. ISBN 9789031302246..
  2. Akagawa, Natsuko (2014). Heritage Conservation and Japan's Cultural Diplomacy: Heritage, National Identity and National Interest. London: Routledge. p. 50. ISBN 9781134599011. OCLC 885457100..
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Miyoshi.

IPNI. List of plant names with authority Miyoshi.


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