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*''Born: [[1841]]''
*''Born: [[1841]]''
* ''Died: [[1911]]''
* ''Died: [[1911]]''
* Japanese: トマス グラバー ''(Thomas Glover)''
* 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. Ryoma purchased arms with funds provided by Satsuma for the venture. Glover also arranged for Japanese to study abroad in the UK.
A Scottish trader who provided arms and assistance to the anti-[[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] han of [[Choshu]] through his [[Nagasaki]]-based trading company. [[Sakamoto Ryoma]] purchased arms with funds provided by [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] for the venture. Glover also arranged for Japanese to study abroad in the UK.
==References==
==References==
*Hillsborough, Romulus. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999
*Hillsborough, Romulus. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999
*Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.
*Jansen, Marius B. ''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration''. Columbia University Press, 1994.
[[Category:Foreigners]][[Category:Bakumatsu Period]]