About Takumi Nagao
Lived 1891 – 1943 (aged 51–52). Takumi Nagao was a Japanese paleontologist and conchologist.
Takumi Nagao (長尾 巧; March 9, 1891 – August 28, 1943) was a Japanese geologist and paleontologist. He is best known for his research on the fossils of Nipponosaurus.
Biography Nagao was born in what is now Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture. In 1941, he returned to his alma mater, Tohoku Imperial University, as a professor of East Asian geology. However, he developed stomach cancer and died on August 28, 1943, at the age of 52.
Personal life Nagao held a third-degree black belt in kendo and also enjoyed performing Noh chanting of the Hōshō school.
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Who was Takumi Nagao?
palaeontologist (1891–1943)
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Takumi Nagao was born in 1891.
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Takumi Nagao died in 1943.
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Takumi Nagao was a paleontologist and conchologist.
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