Background
Yabe Hisakatsu was born on December 3, 1878 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Yabe Hisakatsu
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geologist paleontologist scientist
Education
Yabe Hisakatsu graduated from Science Department of Tokyo University (1901).
Career
Yabe Hisakatsu proceeded to Europe and America for further studies (1908-1912). He was a professor at Tohoku University, where he built the Institute of Geology and Paleontology (1911-1939). He was a member of the Academy.
Yabe Hisakatsu has published over 500 publications covering a wide range of topics in geology, geophysics (earthquake, seismology), geomorphology and paleontology (also for paleobotany).
In 1920 Yabe Hisakatsu became a member of the National Research Council in Japan. In 1914 he became a corresponding member of the Geographical Society in Vienna and he was a foreign member of the Paleontological Society, the Chinese Geological Society and the Russian Paleontological Society, an honorary member of the California Academy of Sciences and the Paleontological Society of Japan.
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Ethnicity
Education
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1901
Career
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1911 - 1939
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1914
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1920