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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🏫 Fukui Prefectural Fujishima High School📅 Born February 12🎂 Born 1856📍 From Fukui Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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