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Edward Sylvester Morse (June 18, 1838 – December 20, 1925) was an American zoologist, archaeologist, and orientalist. He is considered the "Father of Japanese archaeology." Early life. Morse was born in Portland, Maine to Jonathan Kimball Morse and Jane Seymour (Becket) Morse.
Edward Sylvester Morse was a Salem, Massachusetts based scholar with scientific interests in natural history, archaeology, ethnology, and Japanese culture and pottery, who was involved in multiple organizations including serving as director of the Peabody Academy of Science (now a part of PEM) from 1880 to 1914.
1877 - Edward S. Morse, an authority on Japanese design, first travels to Japan. A native of Maine, and a pioneer in the study of Japanese ceramics, zoologist Edward Sylvester Morse originally traveled to Japan to study brachiopods but became fascinated with porcelains and ceramics while there.
May 9, 2018 · The late 19th century was a period of immense social, economic and political change in Japan, known as the Meiji Restoration. It was into this time of turmoil and opportunity that American zoologist Edward Sylvester Morse (1838 – 1925) visited Japan for the first time in 1877 to study coastal brachiopods.
Mar 24, 2023 · Morse’s original purpose of coming to Japan was not to study Japan but—as stated in the preface to Japan Day by Day —but to study the marine life of the abundant species in the waters around Japan as a zoologist. Initially he had little prior knowledge of Japan.
- Yuzo Ota
At the invitation of Edward Sylvester Morse, an American zoologist and Orientalist then teaching at Tokyo Imperial University, Fenollosa in 1878 joined the university to lecture (in English) on political science, philosophy, and economics.
The Edward Sylvester Morse papers consist of personal and professional papers, including diaries, correspondence, research files, drawings, lecture notes, publications, scrapbooks, and manuscripts.
