Furuhata Tanemoto

Forensic pathologist and human geneticist. Born in Mie Prefecture. Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Tokyo Imperial University in 1916 (Taisho 5) and became an assistant in the forensic medicine department. After studying abroad in Europe and the US (1921-1924), he returned to Japan and became a professor at Kanazawa Medical University, where he taught forensic medicine. In 1936 (Showa 11), he became a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, retired in 1952, and became a professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University before becoming director of the National Research Institute of Police Science in 1960. He proposed his own theory on the inheritance of ABO blood types, discovered new blood traits such as the Q blood type, and achieved great success in a wide range of fields including fingerprinting and parent-child identification. He was also active in the field of forensic medicine, and was involved in the Shimoyama Incident and the Teikoku Bank Incident. He received the Imperial Academy Award in 1943, became a member of the Japan Academy in 1947, and was awarded the Order of Culture in 1956. He has written many books on forensic medicine and blood type science.

[Otori Ranzaburo]

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法医学者、人類遺伝学者。三重県生まれ。1916年（大正5）東京帝国大学医科大学を卒業、法医学教室助手となる。欧米に留学（1921～1924）して帰国後、金沢医科大学教授となり法医学講座を担当、1936年（昭和11）東京帝国大学教授、1952年退官、東京医科歯科大学教授を経て1960年警察庁科学警察研究所長。ABO式血液型の遺伝形式に関する独自の説を唱え、またQ式血液型など新血液形質を発見したほか、指紋学や親子鑑別など広範囲で業績をあげた。法医学分野でも活躍、下山(しもやま)事件や帝銀事件にも関与。1943年帝国学士院恩賜賞を受け、1947年日本学士院会員、1956年文化勲章受章。法医学や血液型学の著書が多数ある。

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