Taku Komai

Background

Taku Komai was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan in 1886. Original family name: Fukuzawa.

Education

Taku Komai studied at the Kyoto University.

Career

After graduating from Kyoto University and specializing in heredity, Taku Komai was appointed instructor and then assistant professor at his alma mater. He was sent abroad by Ministry of Education for further studies (1923) and upon return rejoined his university as professor and was conferred a doctorate.

Taku Komai was an adviser to Emperor in his Sagami Bay Research Institute (1948). He was Japan representative at International Heredity Conference, Rome (1953). Among his works are “"Lectures in Biology," "Heredity of the Japanese," "Biography of Darwin" and "Zoology Animals in Japan."

Membership

• Japanese Academy , Japan