Edwin Dun
American agricultural consultant, rancher and diplomat
Died aged 88SagittariusUnited States
Biography
Edwin Dun (June 19, 1848 – May 15, 1931) was a rancher from Ohio who was employed as an o-yatoi gaikokujin in Hokkaidō by the Hokkaidō Development Commission (Kaitakushi) and advised the Japanese government on modernizing agricultural techniques during the Meiji modernization period. He served as United States envoy to Japan from 1893 to 1897.
Dun was a native of Chillicothe, Ohio and had studied at Miami University. After he inherited his father's ranch, he raised beef cattle and race horses, and wrote a number of papers on scientific methods in ranching.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- foreign government advisor in Meiji Japan
Employers / organisations
- Hokkaido Development Commission
Family
- Children
- James DunJohn Dun
Awards & honours (1)
- Order of the Rising Sun, 5th class
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- Edwin Dun died on May 15, 1931 at the age of 88.
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- Edwin Dun was born on December 5, 1842.
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- Edwin Dun was born in Chillicothe.
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- Edwin Dun's zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
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- Edwin Dun is a citizen of United States.
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- Wikidata lists 2 children of Edwin Dun.
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