Richard Henry Brunton
✓ Source-basedfallingBritish engineer (1841-1901)
ScientistsLived 1841 to 1901 · aged 59
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Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE was a British engineer known as the "Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as a foreign advisor, primarily to build lighthouses.
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The last of Brunton's 26 "children" - the lighthouse at Tsunoshima island, Hohoku, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture
The old pre-Brunton Shirasu lighthouse in the grounds of Kokura Castle
Brunton and Yokohama - the plaque next to his statue in Yokohama records all he did for the city.
Omaesaki lighthouseAwards 1
Connected to Richard 6
Bryan MahonAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical SocietyWilliam John HamiltonAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Lilian Suzette GibbsAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
J. Norman CollieAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Baden Baden-PowellAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical SocietyAdi AgashéAlso won Fellow of the Royal Geographical SocietyAbout this person
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1841 to 1901 · aged 59
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