Hirase Sakugorō (平瀬作五郎, February 12, 1856 – January 4, 1925) was a Japanese botanist and painter. Born into a samurai family in Fukui, Hirase discovered the spermatozoids of the ginkgo in January 1894, before Seiichiro Ikeno discovered the spermatozoids of the cycad.He is a laureate of the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy(1912).
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12 February 1856 Fukui, Japan
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Died |
4 January 1925 (aged 68)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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