was a Japanese

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and professor at the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

. His research focus was

bryology Bryology (from Greek , a moss, a liverwort) is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are botanists who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying ...

and

pteridology The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...

. His undergraduate studies were at

Doshisha University , also referred to as , is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of Japan's oldest private institutions of higher learning, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four campuses in Kyoto. It is one of Japa ...

and the

. His graduated studies were at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, where he received his MA in 1901 and PhD in 1902.Kiichi Miyake resumé
(1938). ''W.E.B. DuBois Papers''. Retrieved 16 September 2012 from the Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries. After finishing his PhD, Miyake was appointed by the government of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

to travel to

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

and perform a two-year study of plant life there."Kiichi Miyake"
(1902). ''Science'' 16(2): 638. Retrieved 2012-10-29.

References

External links

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Miyake's detailed description of the laboratory and botanical garden at Tokyo Imperial University.

Miyake's US patent for raw materials made from coconut palms.
1876 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Japanese botanists Academic staff of the University of Tokyo University of Tokyo alumni Doshisha University alumni Cornell University alumni Botanists with author abbreviations Scientists from Hyōgo Prefecture {{Japan-academic-bio-stub