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Authority identity for the author; historical figures discussed in the essay are not its authors.
Identity
Canonical identity
Hiro Hirai; visible byline ヒロ・ヒライ, also credited as 平井浩. Sort name: Hirai, Hiro.
Disambiguation
Matched to the author's own publication list and the supplied essay's byline. Exact publication lineage is recorded on the Source, not inferred from a similar filename.
Authority summary
Historian of philosophy and science whose work is relevant to alchemy, textual transmission and early distillation. Author publication list, accessed September 7, 2026. Credentials do not independently establish every date or priority claim.
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