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    Sir John Rutherford Alcock, KCB (25 May 1809 – 2 November 1897) was the first British diplomatic representative to live in Japan. Alcock was born in St...
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    Japan – including Engelbert Kaempfer, Philipp Franz von Siebold and Rutherford Alcock, who visited Edo-period Japan – described ohaguro as "an abhorrent...
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  • modern diplomatic representation in Japan of various European States. Rutherford Alcock (1859, United Kingdom) The first British diplomatic representative...
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  • Rutherford Alcock, British diplomat Siccature Alcock, birth name of Jah Cure, Jamaican reggae musician Terry Alcock, English footballer Thomas Alcock...
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  • Japan wanes as British influence strengthens, led by Ernest Satow and Rutherford Alcock. In 1863, the Blade Twin continues working with Ryoma's group in Edo...
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  • with the given name include: Rutherford H. Adkins (1924–1998), World War II pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen Rutherford Alcock (1809–1897), British diplomatic...
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    capital of £300,000. The directors were Dent himself together with Rutherford Alcock, Richard Biddulph Martin, Admiral Richard Mayne and William Henry...
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    1873–1874 Sir Henry Frere 1874–1876 Sir Henry Rawlinson 1876–1878 Sir Rutherford Alcock 1878–1879 Frederick, Earl of Dufferin 1879–1880 Thomas, Earl of Northbrook...
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    foreigner was by Sir Rutherford Alcock in September 1860, who ascended the mountain in 8 hours and descended in 3 hours.: 427  Alcock's brief narrative in...
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    Parkes was appointed as a translator in Amoy. In March 1845, he and Rutherford Alcock (the British consul in Amoy) were transferred to Fuzhou, where they...
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