# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-heusken
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:58:37.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-heusken"
name: "Henry Heusken"
slug: "henry-heusken"
description: "Hendrick Conrad Joannes Heusken was a Dutch-American interpreter for the first American consulate in Japan, established at Gyokusen-ji in Shimoda, Shizuoka in the late Bakumatsu period. He played an important role in the negotiations for the \"Harris Treaty\", which opened commercial relations between Japan and the United States, and his assassination caused a minor diplomatic crisis between Japan and the various Western powers."
tagline: "Dutch-American interpreter (1832-1861)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heusken.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1832-01-20"
deathDate: "1861-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             0.2154011847065159
  historical:           7.468292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ヘンリー・ヒュースケン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هنري هوسكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هنرى هيوسكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick_Heusken"
    title: "Hendrick Heusken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Heusken"
    title: "Henry Heusken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "هنری هیوسکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Heusken"
    title: "Henry Heusken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Heusken"
    title: "Henry Heusken"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3132832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump