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Masanori Uramoto

うらもと まさのり

Uramoto Masanori

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-02-11 (Tokyo, Japan)
Died
2009-06-15 age 78
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Ornithologist, University Professor
Active Years
1953-2009
Affiliations
Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Wako University

Education

University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science
Faculty of Science / Department of Zoology
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School
Doctoral Program in Ecology
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Japan
Completed credits without obtaining degree

Awards

Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1966
Work: Modern Records: The World of Animals
Organization: Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
Result: winner
Ornithological Society of Japan Award
1967
Work: Study on Energy Consumption of Forest Birds
Organization: Ornithological Society of Japan
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Modern Records: The World of Animals, Volume 4: Life of Birds

1966 Science

Birds, Fish, Shells

1974 Children's Encyclopedia

The World of Living Things: Bunken Learning Illustrated Book [1] Living Things: Life and Structure

1977 Illustrated Catalog

Bibliography

  • Modern Records: The World of Animals, Volume 4: Life of Birds (1966)
  • Birds, Fish, Shells (1974)
  • The World of Living Things: Bunken Learning Illustrated Book [1] Living Things: Life and Structure (1977)
  • Modern Records: The World of Animals, Volume 1: New Discoveries of the 20th Century (co-edited, 1964)
  • Modern Records: The World of Animals, Volume 2: The Changing Animal Kingdom (co-edited, 1965)
  • The World of Living Things: Bunken Learning Illustrated Book [5] Birds: Life and Community (co-edited, 1978)
  • World Natural Monuments: Internationally Protected Animals, Volumes 6-8: Birds (edited, 1989)

Translations by Author

  • Parade of Nature and Life (by John H. Storer, Hakuyosha, 1961)
  • The Life of Robins (by D. Lack, co-translated, Shisaku-sha, 1973)
  • Darwin's Finches: Ecological Evolution (by David Lack, co-translated, Shisaku-sha, 1974)
  • Introduction to Conservation Science (by D.W. Ehrenfeld, co-translated, Kyoritsu Shuppan, 1975)
  • The Last Auk: The Extinction Story of the Great Auk (by Alan Eckert, co-translated, Heibonsha, 1976)
  • The Age of Mammals (by B. Kurtén, co-translated, Heibonsha, 1976)
  • Vocal Communication in Birds (by C.K. Catchpole, co-translated, Asakura Shoten, 1981)
  • Darwin and the Beagle (by Alan Moorehead, Hayakawa Publishing, 1982)
  • Since Darwin: An Invitation to Evolutionary Theory (by Stephen Jay Gould, co-translated, Hayakawa Publishing, 1984)
  • The Myth of Human Evolution (by N. Eldredge & I. Tattersall, Gunyo-sha, 1986)
  • The Myth and Reality of Conservation: Reports from the African Tropical Rainforest (by John F. Oates, Ryokufu Publishing, 2006)
  • Food Terrorism: How Multinational Corporations Starve the Third World (monitored translation by Vandana Shiva, Akashi Shoten, 2006)