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Joseph Heco

Japanese journalist (1837–1897)
Person human Q753228

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
September 20, 1837, 1837[2][10]
Date of death
December 12, 1897
Place of birth
Komiya
Place of death
Tokyo Prefecture
Country of citizenship
Japan, United States[12][13]
Occupation
journalist, businessperson, sailor, castaway, interpreter
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[15]
Notable work
Kaigai Shinbun[14]
Cause of death
heart disease[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Japanese[23]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Family name
Hamada[18]
Given name
Joseph, Hikozō, Hikotarō[19][20][21]
Manner of death
natural causes[22]
Name in kana
はまだ ひこぞう
Name in native language
浜田彦蔵
Place of burial
Aoyama Cemetery[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hamada Hikozō en Joseph Heco fr Hamada Hikozō ja アメリカ彦蔵 ja ジョセフ・ヒコ ja ジョセフ彦 ja ヒコジョゼフ ja 浄世夫彦 ja 浜田彦太郎 ja 浜田彦蔵 ja 濱田彦藏 ru Хамада, Хикодзо ru Хикодзо Хамада zh 濱田彥藏
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
0000000082406952
VIAF cluster ID
57965625
Library of Congress authority ID
n82108834
GND ID
1025375009
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Joseph Heco.JPG ↗
American National Biography ID
0401206
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/94295
CiNii Research ID
1140845216814693632
FAST ID
97265
Find a Grave memorial ID
78714630
Freebase ID
/m/05pd8_
IdRef ID
256981116
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KBR person ID
14302511
Libraries Australia ID
35118004
Libris-URI
0xbflrmj3njxk4q
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03171815
NDL Authority ID
00771235, 00269187
NLA Trove people ID
831715
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007424673705171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
222390905
Online Books Page author ID
Heco, Joseph, 1837-1897
Open Library ID
OL2266369A
Prabook ID
1717413
RERO ID (legacy)
A027488041
SELIBR ID
330406
SHARE Catalogue author ID
655599
SNAC ARK ID
w69w4kc2
Unz Review author ID
HecoJoseph
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmXHtj4JdWXBvbrhdgYfq
Yale LUX ID
person/ac35cde5-c7dd-4e98-bffd-d93aef1e8f71

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
journalist, sailor, businessperson, interpreter, castaway
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Japan
Cause of death 1
heart disease
Founded entities 1
Kaigai Shinbun
Given name 1
Joseph
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Japanese
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Named after 1
19156 Heco
Notable work 1
Kaigai Shinbun
Place of burial 1
Aoyama Cemetery
Place of death 1
Tokyo Prefecture
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Joseph Heco was born in Komiya[1]. He was born on September 20, 1837[2]. He died in Tokyo Prefecture[3]. He died on December 12, 1897[4]. He worked as a journalist[5], businessperson[6], sailor[7], castaway[8], and interpreter[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for him include 19156 Heco[24], an asteroid[25].

Why It Matters

Entities named for him include 19156 Heco[24], an asteroid[25].

FAQs

Where was Joseph Heco born?

Joseph Heco was born in Komiya[1].

Where did Joseph Heco die?

Joseph Heco passed away in Tokyo Prefecture[3].

What did Joseph Heco do for work?

Joseph Heco worked as journalist[5], businessperson[6], sailor[7], castaway[8], and interpreter[9].

Related Entities

Japan United States

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Silewe · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    GND ID → 1025375009
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ GND ID: 1026820383"
  2. 8w ago · Higa4 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Joseph, Hikozō, Hikotarō
    Occupation → —
    Place of burial → Aoyama Cemetery
    Occupation → journalist, businessperson, sailor +2
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ NDL Authority ID: 00269187, NDL典拠ID追加 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/383c1fab950|details]])"
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