Horace Capron
Horace Capron | |
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 Horace Capron (sekitar 1861–1865) | |
| Menteri Pertanian Amerika Serikat | |
| Masa jabatan 4 Desember 1867 – 31 Juli 1871 | |
| Presiden | Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant |
| Informasi pribadi | |
| Lahir | 31 Agustus 1804 Attleboro, Massachusetts |
| Meninggal | 22 Februari 1885 (umur 80) Washington, D.C. |
| Makam | Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. |
| Penghargaan sipil | Ordo Matahari Terbit |
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| Pihak |  Amerika Serikat
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| Dinas/cabang |  Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
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| Masa dinas | 1862–1865 |
| Pangkat |  Brevet Brigadir Jenderal (setelah meninggalkan penugasan aktif) |
| Komando |  14th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry |
| Pertempuran/perang | Perang Saudara Amerika |
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Horace Capron (31 Agustus 1804 – 22 Februari 1885) adalah seorang pengusaha dan agrikulturalis Amerika Serikat, pendiri Laurel, Maryland, perwira Union dalam Perang Saudara Amerika, Menteri Pertanian Amerika Serikat di bawah kepemimpinan Presiden AS Andrew Johnson dan Ulysses S. Grant, dan penasehat Kementerian Pembangunan Hokkaidō Jepang.[1] Koeksi seni rupa dan artefak Jepang miliknya dijual kepada Smithsonian Institution usai kematiannya.[2]
Catatan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Horace Capron, Memoirs of Horace Capron 2 vols., typed copy, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Horace Capron. Reports and Official Letters by Horace Capron, Commissioner and Advisor and His Foreign Assistants (Tokyo: 1875)
- Merrit Starr. General Horace Capron, 1804–1884 Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 18 (July 1925): 259–349.
- Fujita Fumiko. American Pioneers and the Japanese Frontier: American Experts in Nineteenth-Century Japan Greenwood Press (1994)
- Harold S. Russell, "Time to Become Barbarian: The Extraordinary Life of General Horace Capron", Univ. Press of America (2007).
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ "A Laurel Founder's Life". The Laurel Historical Society. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2006-11-12. Diakses tanggal 2007-04-25.
- ^ Smithsonian Institution (1901). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution.
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Detailed external biography
- Memoirs of Horace Capron; Autobiography
- Memoirs of Horace Capron; Expedition to Japan, 1871–1875
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