Short Biography

Shōnen Matsumura

Native name: 松村松年

Also known as: Matsumura, Shonen Matsumura, Shounen Matsumura, Matsumura, Shonen, S. Matsumura, Matsumura Matsutoshi

Place of birth:

Akashi Show on Google Maps

Birth date:

1872-03-05 • Birth Sign: Pisces

Citizenship:

Japan, Empire of Japan

Death date:

1960-11-07 (88 years old)

Short Bio:

thumb|Shōnen Matsumura was a Japanese entomologist. Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shōnen 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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lepidopterist entomologist scientific collector Akashi Japan Empire of Japan