Keisuke Ito, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Keisuke Ito

Japanese botanist

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1803

Place of Birth: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 20-Jan-1901

Profession: physician, botanist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Keisuke Ito (?? ??, Ito Keisuke, February 18, 1803 – January 20, 1901) was a Japanese physician and biologist.
He was born in Nagoya. As a doctor, Ito developed a vaccination against smallpox.
He also widely studied the Japanese flora and fauna with Philipp Franz von Siebold, the author of Fauna Japonica and Flora Japonica.
Rhododendron keiskei has been named after him. He wrote Taisei honzou meiso (Japanese:"??????") published in 1829. Ito became a professor at the University of Tokyo in 1881. He died in 1901, and he was ennobled with the title of baron (danshaku).