Francis Brinkley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francis Brinkley

Irish writer

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1841

Place of Birth: County Meath, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1912

Profession: historian, journalist, linguist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Francis Brinkley (30 December 1841 – 12 October 1912) was an Anglo-Irish newspaper owner, editor and scholar who resided in Meiji period Japan for over 40 years, where he was the author of numerous books on Japanese culture, art and architecture and an English-Japanese Dictionary.
He was also known as Frank Brinkley or as Captain Francis Brinkley and was the great uncle of Cyril Connolly.