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Edwin Dun | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Dun | |
| Born | June 19, 1848 Chillicothe, Ohio, United States |
| Died | May 15, 1931 (aged 82) Tokyo, Japan |
| Burial place | Aoyama Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Agricultural consultant, rancher, diplomat |
| Relatives | Thomas Blakiston (brother-in-law) Josh Dun |
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.[1] 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.
- ^ Walker, Brett L. "Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and the Destruction of Japan's Hokkaido Wolf," Environmental History, April 2004.