Event by JSOS.
Guest Speaker – Dr Geoff Goolnik
Date – Monday 19th of May 2025 at 7pm
Venue – ONLINE ZOOM TALK ONLY
Brunton was born in Muchalls, Aberdeenshire and initially worked on railway line development. He then came to prominence as Chief Engineer to the Japanese Government when the country was forced to “open up”. As well as eventually supervising the building of 26 Western-style tower lighthouses along with various other navigational initiatives, he additionally established a groundbreaking staff training and technical complex for this move. Furthermore, he also took a lead in town planning of the chief trading settlement of Yokohama, and in other matters too.
About the speaker:
Dr Geoff Goolnik
Dr Geoff Goolnik, the author of this work, is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (and where, incidentally, he was also President of the influential University Philosophical Society (“The Phil”); as well as a postgraduate both of California State University (East Bay) and the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Having lived/ worked for a time in London, he has, most latterly until retiring, been on the academic staff of Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University. In addition, he is an elected Fellow both of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Asiatic Society. Finally, he is currently a resident of Aberdeenshire and situated very close to the settlement where Richard Henry Brunton was born.
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