Henry Spencer Palmer
British military engineer and surveyor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Major General Henry Spencer Palmer FRAS (30 April 1838 – 10 February 1893) was a British Army military engineer and surveyor, noted for his work in developing Yokohama harbor in the Empire of Japan as a foreign advisor to the Japanese government
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Henry Spencer Palmer | |
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Born | (1838-04-30)30 April 1838 Bangalore, British India |
Died | 10 February 1893(1893-02-10) (aged 54) House at Azabu, 41 Imai-cho, Azabu, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Buried | Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1856–1887 |
Rank | Major General |
Service number | 949[2] |
Unit | Corps of Royal Engineers[3] |
Commands held | Chief Astronomer, Transit of Venus expedition to New Zealand, 1874–75[3] CRE, Manchester, 1883-85[3][4] |
Known for | Foreign advisor to Meiji Japan |
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Memorials | Monument, Yokohama Waterworks, Japan, 1939[6] Bronze bust, Nogeyama Park, Yokohama, Japan, 1987 |
Spouse(s) |
Mary Jane Pearson Wright
(m. 1863) |
Relations | Henry James (uncle) |
Other work | Civil engineer, Japan |
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