Augustus Leopold Kuper

Augustus Leopold Kuper

Augustus Leopold Kuper, GCB (1809-1885), était un militaire britannique ayant combattu dans la première guerre de l'opium.

Honneurs

L'île de Kuper, en Colombie-Britannique est nommée en l'honneur de Kuper[1].

Notes

  1. Regions & Towns - Kuper Island. Consulté le 18 octobre 2009.

Référence

  • 'The British Bombardment of Kagoshima, 1863: Admiral Sir L. Kuper and Lt. Colonel Neale', Appendix One, British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, edited and compiled by Hugh Cortazzi, first published by Global Oriental for the Japan Society, 2004. ISBN 1-901903-51-6

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