About Shirō Hattori
Lived 1908 – 1995 (aged 86). Shirō Hattori was a Japanese linguist.
was a Japanese academic and writer. Born in Kameyama, Mie, Hattori was a linguist known particularly for his work on premodern Japanese and Japonic languages and the Ainu language. He was a professor at the University of Tokyo.
Selected works In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Shiro Hattori, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 150+ works in 200+ publications in 8 languages and 1,300+ library holdings.
音聲學 (1951) (1959) (1964) 音韻論と正書法: 新日本式つづり方の提唱 (1979)
Awards and honors Order of Culture Indiana University Prize for Altaic Studies, 1983 Australian Academy of the Humanities, Honorary Fellow, 1984
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Who was Shirō Hattori?
Japanese writer and academic
When was Shirō Hattori born?
Shirō Hattori was born on 29 May 1908 in Mie Prefecture.
When did Shirō Hattori die?
Shirō Hattori died on 29 January 1995.
What was Shirō Hattori's occupation?
Shirō Hattori was a linguist.
What nationality was Shirō Hattori?
Shirō Hattori was Japanese.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Shirō Hattori. https://biography.guide/shiro-hattori/
MLA: "Shirō Hattori." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/shiro-hattori/.
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