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Nakahama Manjirō

1827 - 1898

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Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎; January 27, 1827 – November 12, 1898), also known as John Manjirō (or John Mung), was a Japanese samurai and translator who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States and an important translator during the opening of Japan. He was a fisherman before his journey to the United States, where he studied English and navigation and became a sailor and gold miner. After returning to Japan, he was elevated to the status of a samurai and was made a hatamoto. He served his country as an interpreter and translator and was instrumental in negotiating the Convention of Kanagawa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nakahama Manjirō is the 112th most popular linguist (down from 109th in 2019), the 1,028th most popular biography from Japan (down from 994th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Nakahama Manjirō ranks 112 out of 214. Before him are Jan de Vries, Brian Houghton Hodgson, August Immanuel Bekker, Kunio Yanagita, Albert Sechehaye, and Stephen Krashen. After him are John Chadwick, Milena Hübschmannová, John Florio, George Abraham Grierson, Eugen Wüster, and George Kingsley Zipf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Nakahama Manjirō ranks 51. Before him are Pierre Tirard, Charles Wolf, Goffredo Mameli, Heinrich Karl Brugsch, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Jacques-Louis Soret. After him are Petko Slaveykov, Nikolay Beketov, Barbara Bodichon, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, and Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov. Among people deceased in 1898, Nakahama Manjirō ranks 50. Before him are Edward Bellamy, Louis Buffet, Tan Sitong, Princess Catherine of Württemberg, Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, and Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet. After him are Théodore Gouvy, Tigran Chukhajian, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Miklós Barabás, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, and Calixto García.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nakahama Manjirō ranks 1,028 out of 6,245. Before him are Tōru Furuya (1953), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Unkei (1151), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), and Mitsuteru Yokoyama (1934). After him are Kazuo Sakamaki (1918), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Ozaki Kōyō (1868), Tsuneko Okazaki (1933), Takeo Arishima (1878), and Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904).

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Among LINGUISTS In Japan

Among linguists born in Japan, Nakahama Manjirō ranks 3. Before him are Kūkai (774), and Kunio Yanagita (1875). After him are Takekazu Asaka (1952).

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