Shintarō Hirase
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Shintarō Hirase
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| Born |
February 28, 1884 Awaji Island, Japan |
| Died | September 9, 1939 (aged 55) Tokyo, Japan |
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| Fields | malacology |
Shintarō Hirase (平瀬 信太郎 Hirase Shintarō, February 28, 1884 – September 9, 1939) was a Japanese malacologist. His father, Yoichirō Hirase, (1859–1925) was also a malacologist.
Shintarō Hirase was a teaching zoologist at Seikei College.
From the collection of Shintarō Hirase and much more valuable collection by his father Yoichirō Hirase have survived only about 30% with about 5000 specimen. Majority of the collection was destroyed by incendiary bombs in the house of Shintarō Hirase and in the Research Institute for Natural Resources in Tokyo during bombing of Tokyo. The collection have been stored in the Research Institute for Natural Resources in Tokyo in 1948.
His works include:
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