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Biography

Miyoshi was born in 1861 in the village of Iwamura, now part of modern-day

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. He was born in a

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family from the former province of

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. A graduate of the

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in 1889, he continued his scientific training at the

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under the direction of German botanist Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer. In 1895, he earned his

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degree and returned to Japan as Professor of Botany at the University of Tokyo. He entered the Imperial Academy of Japan in 1920. Throughout his academic career, he studied the genera ''

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''. 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..

Awards

*1917:

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, 2nd class.

Selected publications

* 15 sets.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miyoshi, Manabu 20th-century Japanese botanists Botanists active in Japan 1861 births 1939 deaths People from Gifu Prefecture University of Tokyo alumni Leipzig University alumni University of Tokyo faculty Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class 21st-century Japanese botanists