Claim: A Japanese paleontology professor from Köjimachi, Tokyo, Yoshimaro Yamashina was given the award Jean Delacour Prize in 1977 and the Order of the Golden Ark award in 1978.
Evidence: Ornithology 
Marquis Yoshimaro Yamashina ( , Yamashina Yoshimaro, July 5, 1900 – January 28, 1989) was a Japanese ornithologist.