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*''Born: [[1842]]''
*''Died: [[1900]]''
William Anderson was a professor of anatomy at the Imperial Naval Medical College in Tokyo, and became curator of Japanese art at the [[British Museum]] in [[1881]].
A paper he delivered at the Asiatic Society of Japan in [[1879]] is said to have inspired [[Ernest Fenollosa]] in his attitudes about Japanese art.
In 1881, the British Museum obtained Anderson's collection of Japanese art, and named him curator.
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==References==
*Gallery label, "Minamoto Yoshitsune in training," British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20267087214/in/photostream/]
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*''Died: [[1900]]''
William Anderson was a professor of anatomy at the Imperial Naval Medical College in Tokyo, and became curator of Japanese art at the [[British Museum]] in [[1881]].
A paper he delivered at the Asiatic Society of Japan in [[1879]] is said to have inspired [[Ernest Fenollosa]] in his attitudes about Japanese art.
In 1881, the British Museum obtained Anderson's collection of Japanese art, and named him curator.
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==References==
*Gallery label, "Minamoto Yoshitsune in training," British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/20267087214/in/photostream/]
[[Category:Foreigners]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Scholars and Philosophers]]