Ranald MacDonald
Educator
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Ranald MacDonald was the first native English-speaker to teach the English language in Japan, including educating Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters to handle the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate. Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1824, Fort Astoria, Astoria, OR
Died: August 24, 1894 (age 70 years), Washington
Parents: Archibald McDonald
Resting place: Ranald McDonald Cemetery, Ferry County, Washington; 48°56′51″N 118°45′43″W / 48.94750°N 118.76194°W
Books: Ranald MacDonald: the Narrative of His ... Life ... 1824-1894, Ranald MacDonald: The Narrative of His Early Life on the Columbia Under the Hudson's Bay Company's Regime, of His Experiences in the Pacific Whale Fishery, and of His Great Adventure to Japan : with a Sketch of His Later Life on the Western Frontier, 1824-1894, and Ranald MacDonald: The Narrative of His Early Life on the Columbia Under the Hudson's Bay Company's Regime; of His Experiences in the Pacific Whale Fishery; and of His Great Adventure to Japan; with a Sketch of His Later Life on the Western Frontier, 1824-1894
Other names: Referred to in his father's letters as Toole or Toole-Toole, supposedly from a Chinook word for 'bird'