Robert Walker Irwin
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- Born: 1844
- Died: 1925
Robert Walker Irwin was a prominent figure in relations between Japan, the United States, and Hawaii in the 1880s. A businessman involved with the Mitsui Trading Company, he was one of the first Americans to obtain Japanese citizenship, and married a Japanese woman named Takechi Iki. In 1885, he played a prominent role in negotiating agreements related to the beginning of Japanese immigration to Hawaii.
References
- John Van Sant, et al, ”Irwin, Robert Walker,” Historical Dictionary of United States – Japan Relations, The Scarecrow Press (2007), 117.
