Edward Greey

Edward Greey was born in Sandwich, Kent, England, on December 1, 1835.[1] He was educated by private tutors, was a member of the English naval expedition to Japan in 1855–6, spent six years on station and shore duty, and learned the language and studied the history of that country.[1] He came to the United States in 1868, was naturalized, and engaged in commercial pursuits in New York.[1] He committed suicide, shooting himself in the head with a pistol in his New York residence on October 1, 1888.[2]

He was the author of the following plays: Vendome, Mirah, The Third Estate, The College Belles, and Uncle Abner, and of the following works on Japanese history: Blue Jackets (1871); Loyal Ronins (New York, 1880); Young Americans in Japan (Boston, 1881); The Wonderful City of Tokio (1882); The Golden Lotus (1883); Bear-Worshippers of Yezo (1884); and A Captive of Love (1885).[1] He was a member of the Zoological and Anthropological societies of London.[1]

• "Suicide of Edward Greey". The New York Times. October 2, 1888. p. 8.

Attribution:

• Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1888). "Greey, Edward". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2. New York: D. Appleton & Co. p. 758. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• "Japanese Art". Boston Evening Standard. December 19, 1882. p. 6.