Junichiro Shimoyama
Junichiro Shimoyama (下山 順一郎 Shimoyama Jun'ichirō; March 27, 1853 – February 12, 1912) was a Japanese pharmacologist during the Meiji era.
Junichiro Shimoyama | |
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 J. Shimoyama, Professor of Pharmacy | |
| Born | March 27, 1853 Inuyama, Japan |
| Died | February 12, 1912 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo Strasbourg University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pharmacology |
| Institutions | University of Tokyo |
Bust of Shimoyama at The University of Tokyo, Hongō, erected in 1913
Biography
Shimoyama enrolled in The First University District Medical School, now part of the University of Tokyo, in 1873. He graduated in 1878. In 1886, Shimoyama received his Ph.D. from Strasbourg University. In 1887, Shimoyama returned to Tokyo to become a professor of the Department of Pharmacy. He became professor in the laboratory of pharmacognosy in 1893. Shimoyama was the first person in Japan to be awarded a Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences degree in 1899.[1]
Shimoyama was one of the founding members of the Pharmaceutical Society of Tokyo, and he created a privately funded medicinal herb garden.[1]
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