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Basil Hall Chamberlain

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Gender Male
Death89 years ago
Date of birth October 18,1850
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Southsea
Portsmouth
United Kingdom
Date of died February 15,1935
DiedGeneva
Switzerland
Parents William Charles Chamberlain
Grandparents Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet
Anna Eugenia Morgan
Uncles Neville Bowles Chamberlain
BooksThings Japanese
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Basil Hall Chamberlain Life story


Basil Hall Chamberlain was a British academic and Japanologist. He was a professor of the Japanese language at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. He also wrote some of the earliest translations of haiku into English.

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