Kinji Imanishi
Kinji Imanishi | |
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| 今西錦司 | |
| Born | 6 January 1902 Japan Kyoto |
| Died | 15 June 1992 (aged 90) Japan Kyoto |
| Nationality | Japan Japan |
| Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
| Known for | Theory of Habitat segregation Imanishi Group |
| Awards | Asahi Prize Person of Cultural Merit |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | ecology anthropology |
| Thesis | Mayfly from the Japanese mountain streams (1939) |
| Doctoral students | Junichiro Itani Masao Kawai |
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| Kanji | 今西 錦司 | ||||||||||
| Hiragana | いまにしきんじ | ||||||||||
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Kinji Imanishi (今西 錦司, Imanishi Kinji; January 6, 1902 – June 15, 1992) was a Japanese ecologist and anthropologist. He was the founder of Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute and, together with Junichiro Itani, is considered one of the founders of Japanese primatology.: 314