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William Adams
male, deceased - William Adams, was an English navigator who travelled to Japan and is believed to be the first Briton ever to reach that country. He was the...
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Richard Henry Brunton
male, deceased - Richard Henry Brunton (26 December 1841 - 24 April 1901) FRGS from Scotland was the so-called "Father of Japanese lighthouses".
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John Milne
male, deceased - John Milne (1850 - 1913) was the English geologist and mining engineer who invented the seismograph.
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William Edward Ayrton
male, deceased - William Edward Ayrton FRS (14 September 1847 - 8 November 1908) was a British physicist and electrical engineer.
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Henry Dyer
male, deceased - Henry Dyer (1848 - 1918) (pictured on the right) contributed much to founding Western-style technical education in Japan and Anglo-Japanese relations.
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John Perry
male, deceased - John Perry (1850-1920) was a pioneering engineer from Ireland. He was born on February 14 1850 at Garvagh, County Londonderry, the second son of...
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Thomas Blake Glover
male, deceased - Thomas Blake Glover (June 6, 1838 - December 13, 1911) was a Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji Japan, he is acknowledged in that country for...
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Walter Weston
male, deceased - The Reverend Walter Weston (25 December 1860 - 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman, missionary, and mountaineer.
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Basil Hall Chamberlain
male, deceased - Basil Hall Chamberlain (18 October 1850-15 February 1935), was a professor of Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British...
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Josiah Conder
male, deceased - Josiah Conder (September 28 1852 - June 21 1920) was named the "Father of Japanese architecture". A British architect born in London, he designed...
