Major General Henry Spencer Palmer (1838-1893) was born at Bangalore, India on April 30, 1838. He was educated at private schools and by tutors before being admitted in January 1856 to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... The Royal Military Academy was founded in 1741 in Woolwich, south-east London. ... Woolwich (pronounced Woolitch) is a town in south-east London, England in the London Borough of Greenwich, on the south side of the River Thames, though the tiny exclave of North Woolwich (which is now part of the London Borough of Newham) is on the north side of the river. ...
Palmer was well known not only as a soldier but also as a scientist. He became ill and died while engaged in the construction of Yokohama harbour in Japan. He was buried in the foreign cemetery at Aoyama, Tokyo. For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ... Aoyama is a neighbourhood of Tokyo, located in the northeastern Minato Ward. ...
The o-yatoi gaikokujin or oyatoi gaikokujin (お雇い外国人 — hired foreigners, foreign employees) were foreign specialists, engineers, teachers, mercenaries and more, hired to assist in the modernization of Japan. ... Chronology of Anglo-Japanese relations (Nichi-Ei kankei 日英関係) 1600. ... The foreign cemeteries (gaijin bochi) in Japan are chiefly located in Tokyo and at the former treaty ports of Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, and Hakodate. ...
References
'Henry Spencer Palmer, 1838-93', by Jiro Higuchi, Chapter 18, Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume IV, edited by Hugh Cortazzi, Japan Library, 2002 ISBN 190335014X
John Palmer was born in 1621 in Northumblin, Dominion Of Virginia, USA and died in 1686 in Richmond County, Virginia, USA at age 65.
Elias Palmer was born on 19 Apr 1865 in Breathitt County, Kentucky, USA, died on 4 Feb 1924 in Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, USA at age 58, and was buried on 5 Feb 1924 in Tallega, Lee, Kentucky, USA.
Robert Palmer was born on 2 Feb 1883 in Owsley County, Kentucky, USA, died on 30 Mar 1943 in Estill, Kentucky, USA at age 60, and was buried on 1 Apr 1943 in Estill, Kentucky, USA.
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