Willis Norton Whitney
Willis Norton Whitney | |
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| Born | 18 October 1855 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | 26 October 1918 (aged 63) Oxfordshire, England |
Burial place | Southam Road Cemetery |
| Other name | W. Norton Whitney |
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| Spouse | Mary Caroline Braithwaite (m. 1885) |
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| Education | University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania |
Willis Norton Whitney (18 October 1855 – 26 October 1918) was an American physician, ophthalmic surgeon, missionary, and educator. He is known for his Quaker missionary work, and philanthropic works in 19th century Japan.
Early life and education
Willis Norton Whitney was born on 18 October 1855, in Newark, New Jersey, United States.[1] He immigrated with his family to Japan in 1875, where his father William Cogswell Whitney was a teacher at Hitotsubashi University of Tokyo.[1][2][3]
Whitney studied medicine at the University of Tokyo (formerly known as Tokyo Imperial University).[4] He returned to the United States with his parents, and continued his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania which he finished in 1882.[4]
Whitney and Mary Caroline Braithwaite married on 29 December 1885.[1]
Career
While he attended school in Tokyo, Whiney also taught students at the Government Normal School in Kanazawa, Japan.[5]
Whitney later served as the director of the Akasaka Mission Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.[6] He was the vice-president of the Society for the Advancement of Medical Science in Japan.[7]
He left Japan in 1911.[4] Whitney died at the age of 63 on 26 October 1918, in Oxfordshire, England, and was buried at the Southam Road Cemetery in Banbury, England.[6]
Bibliography
He is the author of a number of notable books:
- Whitney, W. Norton (1885). Notes on the History of Medical Progress in Japan. Yokohama, Japan: R. Meiklejohn and Company.
- Whitney, W. Norton (1888). Index of Chinese Characters in Hepburn's Dictionary Arranged According to Their Radicals. Tokyo, Japan: Z.P. Maruya & Co.
- Whitney, W. Norton (1889). Dictionary of the Principal Roads, Chief Towns Etc. of Japan. Z.P. Maruya and Co., Ltd.
References
- 1 2 3 "Whitney, Dr. Willis Norton". Who's Who In The Far East. Chinese Materials Center, Inc. 1979. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-89644-581-9 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. Asiatic Society of Japan. 1987. p. 89 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Kenrick, Douglas M. (1978). A Century of Western Studies of Japan: The First Hundred Years of the Asiatic Society of Japan, 1872-1972. Asiatic Society of Japan. p. 140 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 Mishima, S. (30 November 2018). The The History of Ophthalmology in Japan. Wayenborgh Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-90-6299-899-9 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 手塚, 竜麿 (1981). "金沢時代のウイリス・n・ホイットニー" [Willis N. Whitney during his time in Kanazawa]. 英学史研究 (in Japanese). 1982 (14): 31–36. doi:10.5024/jeigakushi.1982.31.
- 1 2 "Akasaka Whitney Memorial". akasakawhitney.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- ↑ Eastoak (10 December 2014). "Akasaka Whitney Memorial: Obituary - Willis Norton Whitney 1919". Akasaka Whitney Memorial. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
External links
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