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• Title: Alexander Williamson
• Author : Takaaki Inuzuka & Haruko Laurie
• Release Date : January 09, 2021
• Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,History,Asia,Science & Nature,Reference,Europe,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 9596 KB

Description

Alexander Williamson was professor of
chemistry at UCL (1849–87) and a leading scientist of his time. He taught and
cared for visiting Japanese students, thereby assisting them with their goal of
modernising Japan. This short, accessible biography explores his contribution
to nineteenth-century science as well as his lasting impact on Japanese
society.

In 1863 five students from the Chōshū clan, with a desperate desire to learn
from the West, made their way to England. They were put in the care of
Williamson and his wife. Their mission was to learn about cutting-edge Western
technology, science, economics and politics. When they returned home they rapidly
became leading figures in Japanese life at a particularly turbulent time, one
of them serving as the country’s first prime minister. Subsequently many other Japanese
students followed in their footsteps and studied at UCL.

 The remarkable story of the part Williamson and
UCL played in the modernisation of Japan is little known today. This biography
will promote a deeper understanding of Williamson’s scientific innovations and
his legacy for Anglo-Japanese relations. An afterword briefly outlines the
extraordinary careers of the pioneering students after they left Britain.

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