(1887–1975) was a Japanese
zoologist,
palaeontologist, and
archaeologist
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, and a recipient of the
Imperial Academy Prize.
Biography
Born in
Meiji 20 (1887), Matsumoto graduated from the Department of Zoology,
Tokyo Imperial University, in 1911.
From 1914 to 1933 he taught at
Tohoku Imperial University
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, initially as a lecturer, then from 1922 as professor.
From 1955, he was professor of biology at
Fukushima Medical University
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, where he taught basic medicine.
In 1921, he was awarded the
Imperial Academy Prize in recognition of his work on
brittle stars (Ophiuroidea).
His contributions to the field of
vertebrate palaeontology include
descriptions
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of the
Akebono elephant (''Stegodon aurorae'') and
Hanaizumi bison (''Bison hanaizumiensis''), while as an archaeologist he helped develop
typologies of
Jōmon ceramics.
Matsumoto died in 1975.
References
External links
Matsumoto Hikoshichirō (Japan Paleobiology Database)
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Japanese paleontologists
1887 births
1975 deaths