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Wataru Ishijima

Japanese paleobotanist · Japan · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1906 to 1980 · aged 74

Wataru Ishijima was a paleontologist and geologist. Ishijima was one of the most prolific researchers of fossil calcareous algae.

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After graduating from the Imperial Fisheries Institute in 1927, Ishijima joined the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku Imperial University (Sendai) from 1927 to 1931. He then worked at the Institute of Geology, Taihoku Imperial University (Taipei) during 1942-1945 and then at the Rikkyo University (Tokyo) from 1945 to 1980. His doctoral dissertation was submitted to Tohoku University and was privately published by Yūhodō. He described a total of 139 taxa of fossil calcareous algae including at least 114 species of Corallinales, and he produced more than 45 publications on coralline algal taxonomy.

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Country
Japan
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1906 to 1980 · aged 74