Edwin Dun

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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.^[1]

Contents 1 Agricultural adviser 2 Diplomat 3 Oil company representative 4 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Oil company representative

After 1897 he was the Japan representative of the Standard Oil company. He died at his home in Tokyo in 1931.

[edit] References

1. ^ Walker, Brett L. "Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and the Destruction of Japan's Hokkaido Wolf," Environmental History, April 2004.