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Revision as of 01:20, 30 April 2007

  • Born: 1841
  • Died: 1911
  • Japanese: トマス グラバー (Thomas Glover)


A Scottish trader who provided arms and assistance to the anti-Tokugawa han of Choshu through his Nagasaki-based trading company. Sakamoto Ryoma purchased arms with funds provided by Satsuma for the venture. Glover also arranged for Japanese to study abroad in the UK.

References

  • Hillsborough, Romulus. RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai. Ridgeback Press, 1999
  • Jansen, Marius B. Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration. Columbia University Press, 1994.