Edward Howard House
Edward Howard House (October 5, 1836 – December 18, 1901) was an American journalist who wrote for the New York Tribune and later founded the Japan-based English-language newspaper Tokio Times.
Career
[edit]He was born in Boston to engraver Timothy House and his wife, a pianist. House composed an orchestral piece at the age of fourteen, and four years later began writing for the Boston Courier as the publication's music and drama critic.[1] House also worked as a banknote engraver.[2] In 1858, he left the Courier for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. In 1859, he reported for the Tribune, under an assumed name, with phony credentials, and at considerable personal risk, on John Brown's trial, Virginia v. John Brown, in Charles Town, Virginia.[3][4][5]
In 1870, the Tribune sent House to cover Japan. While there, he also contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Harper's Magazine. Besides his writing, House taught at what became the University of Tokyo.[1] He was the only foreign journalist attached to Japanese forces in the Taiwan Expedition of 1874.[1][6] Three years after the expedition, House established the Tokio Times. His own publication only lasted three years, as he returned to the United States in 1880.[1][2] By 1882, House had again settled in Japan, working for Frank Brinkley's Japan Mail and resuming his teaching post at the University of Tokyo. He lived in the United States from 1885 to 1893 to be treated for severe gout. That year, House moved to Kōjimachi, Tokyo, and continued writing for the Mail, focusing on the topic of music.[1][2] In 1898, House was named the director of the Imperial Court Orchestra.[2] Emperor Meiji awarded him an Order of the Sacred Treasure, second class shortly before House's death on December 18, 1901.[1][2] House's funeral was held three days after his death. He was cremated in Meguro and interred at Yanaka cemetery.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Huffman, James L. (May 1987). "Edward Howard House: In the Service of Meiji Japan". Pacific Historical Review. 56 (2): 231–258. doi:10.2307/3639746. JSTOR 3639746.
- ^ a b c d e "Edward Howard House". The New York Times. January 25, 1902. p. T8. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ John T[homas] Allstadt (December 1909). "John Brown's raid fifty years ago". The Magazine of History with notes and queries. 10 (6): 309–342, at p. 324.
- ^ Knight, Ellen (2020). The Sculptor & the Abolitionist. How Winchester's Edward Brackett Created an Icon for the Abolitionist Movement. Town of Winchester, Massachusetts. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ Knight, Ellen (February 22, 2013), "Brackett secretly aids N.Y. Tribune", Woburn Daily Times (Woburn, Massachusetts), archived from the original on July 13, 2021, retrieved July 13, 2021
- ^ Han Cheung (May 1, 2016). "Taiwan in Time: Beyond the reach of the Qing Empire". Taipei Times. p. 12. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016. Alt URL
- ^ "Funeral of Mr. E. H. House". Japan Daily Mail. December 28, 1901. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Huffman, James L. (2003). A Yankee in Meiji Japan: The Crusading Journalist Edward H. House. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742526211.
- 1901 deaths
- 1836 births
- Foreign educators in Japan
- Journalists from Boston
- 19th-century American journalists
- New-York Tribune people
- The New York Times journalists
- Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class
- Harper's Magazine people
- The Atlantic (magazine) people
- Academic staff of the University of Tokyo
- American emigrants to Japan
- 20th-century American journalists
- American music critics
- American male journalists
- Japanese music critics
- 19th-century American newspaper founders