Walter Weston
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| Born | 25 December 1861 Derby, England |
| Died | 27 March 1940 (aged 78) Kensington, London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Derby School |
| Alma mater | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Anglicanism |
Walter Weston (25 December 1861 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman and
Background and early life
Weston was born 25 December 1861 at 22 Parker Street,
Early career
Ordained a deacon in 1885, priest in 1886, Weston was appointed curate of St John's, Reading, Berkshire, in 1885. He was already a mountaineer, and in 1886 and 1887 spent periods climbing in the Alps.
Weston in Japan
Weston went to Japan as a missionary of the
He began mountain climbing while expressing a strong interest in Japanese landscapes, traditions, customs and culture. He published Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps (1896). As a writer and lecturer he continued to introduce Japan to an overseas audience. He gave universal currency to the term Japanese Alps, though it was first used before he came to Japan. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Japanese Alpine Club in 1906, and became its first honorary member.
Legacy in Japan
Weston and
The Weston Park of Mount Ena was made in October 2001. Each year on 11 May, the Weston festival at the park opens the climbing season in the Japanese Northern Alps.
Later career
After returning to England during the
He was a lecturer for
Family
On 3 April 1902, prior to the start of Weston's second extended stay in Japan, he married Frances Emily, second daughter of
Books
Weston's published books include:
- Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps (1896)
- The Playground of the Far East (1918)
- A Wayfarer in Unfamiliar Japan (1925)
- Japan (1926)
See also
- Anglo-Japanese relations
- Anglican Church in Japan
References
- ^ "Weston, Walter (WSTN880W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Seddon, Peter (2013). "Missionary Mountaineer in Old Japan". Derbyshire Life. 78 (4): 114.
- ^ Mother Emma Britland's surname corrected based on Ancestry.com England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Marriages, 1538–1973. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
- Weston, Walter (1860–1940), mountaineer and missionary by Peter H. Hansen in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(2004)
- In Memoriam: Walter Weston by T. A. Rumbold and H. S. Bullock in The Alpine Journal, vol. 52 (1940), pages 271–275
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