Thomas Glover
Thomas Blake Glover (1838 - 1911) was a Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji period Japan. He was a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan, helping to found the shipbuilding company which was later to become the Mitsubishi Corporation.
Glover was born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. On leaving school, he entered into employment with the trading company Jardine Matheson. In 1859, he moved from Shanghai to Nagasaki and worked initially buying Japanese green tea. Two years later, he founded his own firm, Glover and Co. (Guraba-Shokai).
Thomas Glover had a common-law marital relationship with a Japanese woman named Awajiya Tsuru (淡路屋 ツル), a native of Bungo province (present day Oita Prefecture) whom he apparently met in Osaka in the early 1870s. Glover and Tsuru remained together until the latter's death in 1899. The couple had a daughter named Hana, born in Nagasaki in 1876.…more
Glover was born in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. On leaving school, he entered into employment with the trading company Jardine Matheson. In 1859, he moved from Shanghai to Nagasaki and worked initially buying Japanese green tea. Two years later, he founded his own firm, Glover and Co. (Guraba-Shokai).
Thomas Glover had a common-law marital relationship with a Japanese woman named Awajiya Tsuru (淡路屋 ツル), a native of Bungo province (present day Oita Prefecture) whom he apparently met in Osaka in the early 1870s. Glover and Tsuru remained together until the latter's death in 1899. The couple had a daughter named Hana, born in Nagasaki in 1876.…more
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The Pure Land
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1996
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Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the Present
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2022
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Scottish Samurai: Thomas Blake Glover, 1838-1911
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1993
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At the Edge of Empire: The Life of Thomas Blake Glover
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2008
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