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Townsend Harris (October 4, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period .
Townsend Harris (born Oct. 3, 1804, Sandy Hill, N.Y., U.S.—died Feb. 25, 1878, New York City) was a U.S. politician and diplomat, the first Western consul to reside in Japan, whose influence helped shape the future course of Japanese–Western relations.
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Townsend Harris High School was refounded in 1984 thanks largely to the efforts of alumni of the original school, who had begun the process in 1980.
Popular fiction posits that Townsend Harris, the first US envoy to Japan, engaged the services of a local Shimoda prostitute. However, the reality of their relationship is far less lurid but not without its own tragedy.
Townsend Harris High School at Queens College (THHS) is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the New York City borough of Queens. It is located on the campus of Queens College, City University of New York. Townsend Harris consistently ranks as among the top 100 high schools in the United States.
160 years ago Townsend Harris, a native of New York and the first U.S. Consul General to Japan, became one of the first Americans to ever set foot in Japan. He landed in Shimoda, a small town about 85 miles southwest of Edo (modern day Tokyo).
23 de may. de 2018 · American merchant and diplomat Townsend Harris (1804-1878), the first U.S. envoy to reside in Japan, opened commercial relations between Japan and the United States. Townsend Harris was born on Oct. 3, 1804, in Sandy Hill, N.Y., and educated at the local primary school.
