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has gloss | eng: John Wilson was the Anglicized name of Captain Frederick Walgren, a Swedish sailor and o-yatoi gaikokujin (foreign professional) who was active in the development of British-Japanese ties in the late 1800s. Walgren was born in Genarp, Skåne, Sweden on July 8, 1851. He entered into British service, changing his name to Wilson. Wilson initially resided in Nagasaki, Kyūshū, living next-door to Thomas Blake Glover. The Wilson family subsequently resided in Nagasaki and Kobe. He married a Japanese national on January 11, 1883 in the Christ Church of England in Yokohama, Japan. His wife (b. July 5, 1860) upon baptism Anglicised her name from Naka Yamazaki to Sophia Wilson, and adopted her son, Nils Wilson. Their children were August, Frederick, Maria, Christina, Hilda, Hannah and John. |
lexicalization | eng: John Wilson, Captain |
lexicalization | eng: John Wilson |
instance of | (noun) a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" individual, mortal, someone, soul, person, somebody |
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