About Francis Ottiwell Adams
Lived 1825 – 1889 (aged 63–64). Francis Ottiwell Adams was a diplomat, historian and barrister.
Sir Francis Ottiwell Adams, (1825–1889) was a British diplomat who served in Japan and Switzerland.
Adams served as Secretary of the British Legation in Japan from 1868 to 1872 and as British Ambassador in Switzerland from 1881 to 1888. As Ambassador in Switzerland, he was among the signatories of the Bern Convention of 1886.
Works The History of Japan from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (1874) The Swiss Confederation (1889)
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Francis Ottiwell Adams was born in 1825.
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Francis Ottiwell Adams died in 1889.
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