Edward and Henry Schnell
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title:
Edward and Henry Schnell
text:
Hiramatsu Buhei Edward Schnell and Henry Schnell were brothers of Dutch extraction and German arms dealers active in Japan. After the enforced opening of Yokohama to foreign trade, Edward, who in the 1850s had served in the Prussian Army and spoke Malay, must have arrived in Japan no later than 1862, as he had a 7-year-old boy from his Japanese wife Kawai Tsugonusuke in 1869. He is also listed as owner of plot "No. 44" in Yokohama. He teamed up with the Swiss watch dealer François Perregaux pres
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Dutch businessman
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_and_Henry_Schnell
date created:
2006-11-09T05:04:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T21:21:03Z
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