Did You Know? Thomas Blake Glover is unknown in his homeland, - TopicsExpress



          

Did You Know? Thomas Blake Glover is unknown in his homeland, but has heroic status in Japan. He helped industrialise the country, introducing the first steam train, developing the first coal mine and building the first dry dock. Glover commissioned one of the first warships in the Imperial Japanese Navy ( completed today in 1869) and helped found the shipbuilding company that would later become Mitsubishi . He also helped found the Kirin Brewery . And you thought Tom Cruise and Richard Chamberlain had the dibs in being heroes in Japan!
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 06:58:09 +0000

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