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* ''Died: [[1911]]'' | * ''Died: [[1911]]'' | ||
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| + | Thomas Glover was a Scottish trader who provided arms and assistance to the anti-[[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] ''[[han]]'' of [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] through his [[Nagasaki]]-based trading company. [[Sakamoto Ryoma]] purchased arms with funds provided by [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] for the venture. Glover also arranged for Japanese to study abroad in the United Kingdom, and sold Satsuma a steamship in [[1863]]/2, adding to the British steamships purchased by the domain in late [[1860]], and in late [[1862]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 188, 194.</ref> Operating as an agent of the Chinese-based Jardine, Matheson & Company, he competed in [[1863]]-[[1864]] with the American [[Eugene Van Reed]], a merchant with the [[Yokohama]] branch of the [[Canton]]-based [[Augustine Heard & Company]], for privileged status in trade with Satsuma.<ref>Hellyer, 198.</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *Hillsborough, Romulus. ''RYOMA- Life of a Renaissance Samurai''. Ridgeback Press, 1999 | + | * [[Romulus Hillsborough|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. |
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| + | [[Category:Foreigners|Glover, Thomas]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Merchants|Glover, Thomas]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Bakumatsu|Glover, Thomas]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Edo Period|Glover, Thomas]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:03, 17 July 2014
Thomas Glover was a Scottish trader who provided arms and assistance to the anti-Tokugawa han of Chôshû 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 United Kingdom, and sold Satsuma a steamship in 1863/2, adding to the British steamships purchased by the domain in late 1860, and in late 1862.[1] Operating as an agent of the Chinese-based Jardine, Matheson & Company, he competed in 1863-1864 with the American Eugene Van Reed, a merchant with the Yokohama branch of the Canton-based Augustine Heard & Company, for privileged status in trade with Satsuma.[2]
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.
