biography
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| (1825–78)
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| biography:
| Traveller, journalist, and writer, born in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA. Brought up as a Quaker, he travelled widely in Europe (1844–5) and the Near and Far East (1851–3), and became a master's mate aboard Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan (1853). He wrote and lectured extensively about his travels. Meanwhile, he continued to publish poetry, novels, and his translation of Goethe's Faust (2 vols, 1870–1). He was serving as US ambassador to Germany when he died. |
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