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Shinobu Ishihara

1879 - 1963

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Shinobu Ishihara (石原 忍, Ishihara Shinobu; September 25, 1879 – January 3, 1963) was a Japanese ophthalmologist who created the Ishihara color test to detect colour blindness. He was an army surgeon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shinobu Ishihara is the 430th most popular physician (down from 416th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from Japan (down from 914th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Shinobu Ishihara ranks 430 out of 726Before him are Bernard de Jussieu, Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Andrew Taylor Still, Wilhelm Kühne, Scipione Riva-Rocci, and Jean-Nicolas Corvisart. After him are Adelaida Avagyan, Theodor Meynert, Zilda Arns, Hilary Koprowski, Wilhelm Stekel, and Realdo Colombo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Shinobu Ishihara ranks 115Before him are Josep Maria Jujol, Grace Coolidge, Othon Friesz, Arthur Johnson, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, and José Giral. After him are Alan Gardiner, Kazimieras Būga, Hermann Barrelet, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, and Frank Bridge. Among people deceased in 1963, Shinobu Ishihara ranks 91Before him are Luis Cernuda, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Sophus Nielsen, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Marie Marvingt, and André Maschinot. After him are Adolphe Menjou, Joseph Sweeney, Alan Gardiner, Rahul Sankrityayan, Elmore James, and Maria Tănase.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shinobu Ishihara ranks 919 out of 6,245Before him are Kodama Gentarō (1852), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Kabayama Sukenori (1837), Nobuko Yoshiya (1896), Satoshi Yamaguchi (1959), and Seijun Suzuki (1923). After him are Hiroshi Ninomiya (1937), Asakura Yoshikage (1533), Nagakura Shinpachi (1839), Takuboku Ishikawa (1886), Jirō Minami (1874), and Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948).

Among PHYSICIANS In Japan

Among physicians born in Japan, Shinobu Ishihara ranks 9Before him are Hakaru Hashimoto (1881), Tasuku Honjo (1942), Hiraga Gennai (1728), Shinya Yamanaka (1962), Kusumoto Ine (1827), and Kiyoshi Shiga (1871). After him are Hiroshi Nakajima (1928), Kyusaku Ogino (1882), Sunao Tawara (1873), Kei Okami (1859), and Yoshioka Yayoi (1871).