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*''Born: [[1840]]''
*''Died: [[1901]]''
Thomas Watters was a British diplomat, serving as Acting Consul General in [[Seoul]] from [[1887]] to [[1888]].
Watters was appointed to the post in Seoul after serving in the British Consular Service for some time in mainland China and Taiwan. During his time in Asia he built a personal collection of Asian art and artifacts, and donated many of them to the [[British Museum]] and [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London while on a home leave in 1888.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/22597715710/in/photostream/]
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[[Category:Meiji Period|Watters]]
*''Died: [[1901]]''
Thomas Watters was a British diplomat, serving as Acting Consul General in [[Seoul]] from [[1887]] to [[1888]].
Watters was appointed to the post in Seoul after serving in the British Consular Service for some time in mainland China and Taiwan. During his time in Asia he built a personal collection of Asian art and artifacts, and donated many of them to the [[British Museum]] and [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London while on a home leave in 1888.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/22597715710/in/photostream/]
[[Category:Foreigners|Watters]]
[[Category:Diplomats|Watters]]
[[Category:Meiji Period|Watters]]