Shōnen Matsumura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese entomologist
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Place of Birth: Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
About Shōnen Matsumura
- Shonen Matsumura (?? ??, Matsumura Shonen, 5 March 1872 – 7 November 1960) was a Japanese entomologist. Born in Akashi, Hyogo, Dr.
- Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University.
- The courses were both applied (on insects of importance in forestry and agriculture) and theoretical.
- He named over 1,200 species of Japanese insects and in 1926 he founded the entomological journal Insecta Matsumurana.
- Matsumura wrote many scientific papers and books including 6,000 illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire (1931).
- He died in Tokyo. His collection is in Hokkaido University in Sapporo.
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