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* Japanese: トマス グラバー ''(Thomas Glover)''
 
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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>
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==
 
* [[Romulus Hillsborough|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:Foreigners|Glover, Thomas]]

Latest revision as of 21:03, 17 July 2014

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

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.
  1. Robert Hellyer, Defining Engagement, Harvard University Press (2009), 188, 194.
  2. Hellyer, 198.