William Merrell VORIES

 一柳米来留 HITOTSUYANAGI Mereru

(1880 – 1964)

Educator, architect, entrepreneur and Christian lay missionary | 1880 born in Kansas / United States | 1904 graduates from “Colorado College” | 1905 comes to Japan as an English teacher | 1908 opens office for architectural design | 1909 founds “Vories & Co” | 1917 marries HITOTSUYANAGI Makiko | 1918 founds the “Omi Mission” | 1941 becomes a Japanese citizen | 1964 died in Ômihachiman / Shiga

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