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*''Born: [[1847]]''

*''Born: [[1847]]''

*''Died: [[1889]]''

*''Died: [[1889]]''

*''Japanese'': [[森]]有礼 ''(Mori Arinori)''

*''Japanese'': [[森]]有礼 ''(Mori Arinori)''

Mori Arinori is considered the godfather of Japan's [[Meiji period]] [[Meiji education|"modern" education system]], and was the first to serve as [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]].<ref name=yokoyama>Plaque on-site at monument to Yokoyama Yasutake, [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], Kagoshima.</ref>

Mori Arinori is considered the godfather of Japan's [[Meiji period]] [[Meiji education|"modern" education system]], and was the first to serve as [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]].<ref name=yokoyama>Plaque on-site at monument to Yokoyama Yasutake, [[Fukusho-ji|Fukushô-ji]], Kagoshima.</ref>

As a young man, Mori was one of a number of [[Satsuma students|students]] sent by [[Satsuma han]] secretly to England for study. After some time in the United States, he returned to Japan and entered into the [[Meiji government]]. He was sent to Washington DC in [[1871]] as Japan's first minister to the US, and while there oversaw a number of surveys of the American educational system.

At the age of 19, Mori was one of a number of [[Satsuma students|students]] sent by [[Satsuma han]] secretly to England for study. While in England, he studied naval surveying. Mori then traveled to the United States in [[1867]]/7, and returned to Japan the following year, in [[1868]]/6. He was sent to Washington DC in [[1871]] as Japan's first minister to the US, and while there oversaw a number of surveys of the American educational system.

He later served terms as ambassador to China, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|vice-minister of foreign affairs]], and ambassador to England, among a number of other positions, before becoming [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] in [[1885]]. He held that position until his assassination in [[1889]].

He later served terms as ambassador to China, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs|vice-minister of foreign affairs]], and ambassador to England, among a number of other positions, before becoming [[Ministry of Education|Minister of Education]] in [[1885]]. He held that position until his assassination in [[1889]].

==References==

==References==

*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 114-115.

*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 114-115.

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