Edwin Dun
Edwin Dun | |
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Portrait of Dun | |
| United States Minister to Japan | |
| In office July 14, 1893 – July 2, 1897 | |
| President | Grover Cleveland William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Frank Coombs |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Eliab Buck |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 19, 1848 Chillicothe, Ohio, United States |
| Died | May 15, 1931 (aged 82) Tokyo, Japan |
| Relatives | Thomas Blakiston (brother-in-law) Josh Dun |
| Occupation | Agricultural consultant, rancher, diplomat |
Edwin Dun (June 19, 1848 – May 15, 1931) was a rancher from Ohio who was employed as an o-yatoi gaikokujin in Hokkaidō by the Hokkaidō Development Commission (Kaitakushi) and advised the Japanese government on modernizing agricultural techniques during the Meiji modernization period. He served as United States envoy to Japan from 1893 to 1897.
Dun was a native of Chillicothe, Ohio and had studied at Miami University. After he inherited his father's ranch, he raised beef cattle and race horses, and wrote a number of papers on scientific methods in ranching.