Yoshio Abe
Yoshio Abe (Japanese: 阿部 余四男, Hepburn: Abe Yoshio, 3 January 1891 – 22 April 1960[1]), from Yamagata Prefecture,[1] was a professor of zoology at Hiroshima University of Arts and Science which was amalgamated into Hiroshima University by the enactment of National School Establishment Law and the above-mentioned Hiroshima University after the amalgamation.[1]
Yoshio Abe | |
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阿部 余四男 | |
| Born | January 3, 1891 Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | April 22, 1960 (aged 69) |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
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Abe graduate from University of Tokyo[1] and was the first Japanese scientist to study kinorhynchs, with one such animal, Dracoderes abei, being named after him.[2] Also named after him was Abe's salamander and Abe's Whiskered Bat, Myotis abei Yoshikura 1944, as a tribute from one of his students.
References
- 阿部余四男〈Yoshio Abe〉/ コトバンク〈Kotobank〉 (in Japanese)
- Behlens, Bo, Watkins, Michael. and Grayson, Michael Eponym Dictionary of Mammals, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 ISBN 978-0-801893-04-9. p. 1
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