Edwin Dun (June 19, 1848 – May 15, 1931) was a rancher from Ohio who was employed as an o-yatoi gaikokujin in Hokkaido by the Hokkaido Development Commission (Kaitakushi) and advised Japan on modernizing agricultural techniques during the Meiji modernization period. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A ranch is an area of landscape including various structures given primarily to the practice of ranching the practice of raising grazing livestock such as Cattle Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The, also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan 's political and social structure [1]
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Agricultural adviser
He first came to Japan in 1875 and returned to the United States in 1883. It was during this period that he advised the Hokkaido Development Commission.
Diplomat
In 1884 he returned as a diplomat working for the U. S. Government and continued in that role until relieved of his post in 1897.
Oil company representative
After 1897 he was the Japan representative of the Standard Oil company. Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing transporting refining and marketing company He died at his home in Tokyo in 1931.
References
- ^ Walker, Brett L. "Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and the Destruction of Japan's Hokkaido Wolf," Environmental History, April 2004.