Kamakichi Kishinouye

Kamakichi Kishinouye
Born29 November 1867
Died22 November 1929
Sichuan, China
NationalityJapanese
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biology, Cnidariology
InstitutionsImperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture)

Kamakichi Kishinouye (岸上 鎌吉, Kishinoue Kamakichi, 29 November 1867 – 22 November 1929) was a Japanese fisheries biologist and cnidariologist and a professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo (Faculty of Agriculture) between 1908 and 1928. Kishinouye died in Chengdu of a sudden illness while on a collecting expedition to China.[1]

Kishinouye recommended Kumataro Ito to Hugh M. Smith as an artist on board the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer U.S.S. Albatross during the Philippine Expedition from 1907 to 1910.[2]

  1. ^ "Agriculture in the British Empire". Science. 71 (1833): 179–180. 1930. Bibcode:1930Sci....71R.179.. doi:10.1126/science.71.1833.179.
  2. ^ Kumataro Ito, Japanese Artist on Board the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Steamer Albatross During the Philippine Expedition, 1907-1910. Marine Fisheries Review, Fall, 1999 by Victor G. Springer