Edward Sylvester Morse (June 18, 1838 – December 20, 1925) was an American zoologist and orientalist. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Zoology (from Greek ζῷον, zoon, "animal" + λόγος, " Logos " "knowledge" is the branch of Oriental studies is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures languages peoples history and archaeology in recent
He was born in Portland, Maine. Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County. The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean He was expelled from a series of schools as a boy. As a young man, he worked as a mechanical draftsman at the Portland Locomotive Company and a wood engraver attached to a Boston company before beginning his study of zoology. He rapidly became successful in this field, and attracted the attention of Charles Darwin with his discovery that brachiopods are worms rather than mollusks. Charles Robert Darwin (February 12 1809 &ndash April 19 1882 was an English naturalist, who realised and demonstrated that all Species of life Brachiopods (from Latin brachium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot are a small phylum of Benthic Invertebrates Also
In 1877 Morse visited Japan in search of coastal brachiopods. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. His visit turned into a three year stay when he was offered a post at the University of Tokyo. The, abbreviated as, is a major Research university located in Tokyo, Japan. He went on to recommend several fellow Americans as o-yatoi gaikokujin (hired foreigners) to support the modernisation of the Meiji Era. The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July He opened the study in archaeology and anthropology in Japan, by the discovery of the Omori shell mound, and his research on material culture. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Anthropology (/ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/ from Greek grc ἄνθρωπος anthrōpos, "human" -λογία -logia) is the study of
While in Japan, he authored a book on Japanese homes and their surroundings illustrated with his own line drawings. Japanese Homes and their Surroundings is a book by Edward S Morse describing and illustrating the construction of Japanese homes He also made a collection of over 5,000 pieces of Japanese pottery, and became Keeper of Pottery at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1890, which now contains his pottery collection, the Morse collection. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States attracting over one million visitors a year He was also a director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in Salem from 1880 to 1914. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a Museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts.
He died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1925. Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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External links
- Article on Edward S. Morse at Yamasa. The American Association of Museums ( AAM) is a Non-profit association that has been bringing Museums together since its founding in 1906 helping to develop org.
- Biography of Edward S. Morse by John M. Gould.
- Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery at the MFA, Boston
Bibliography
- Benfey, Christopher (2003): "Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan", New York: Random House
- Rosenstone, R. Christopher Benfey (born 28 October 1954) is an American literary critic and Emily Dickinson scholsr A. (1988) Mirror in the Shrine – American Encounters with Meiji Japan ISBN 0-674-57641-1
- Wayman, D. G. (1942) Edward Sylvester Morse: A Biography
- Morse, Edward S. Japanese homes and their surroundings, published by Charles E. Japanese Homes and their Surroundings is a book by Edward S Morse describing and illustrating the construction of Japanese homes Tuttle company, ISBN 0-8048-0998-4
- Morse, Edward S. Japan Day By Day, available on line as part of the Google Full Books Project
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