Herbert Clifford

Kapten Herbert John Clifford (1789, Nova Scotia – 9 September 1855, Tramore, Waterford, Irlandia) adalah seorang perwira dalam Angkatan Laut Kerajaan Inggris pada Perang era Napoleon dan pendiri Loochoo Naval Mission (1843).^[1] Pada 1818, ia menerbitkan Vocabulary of the Language Spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea, yang "masih menjadi sumber tunggal paling berpengaruh tentang rumpun bahasa Ryukyu di Barat selama berdasawarsa-dasawarsa."^[2]

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^ O'Byrne, William R. (31 March 2019). "A naval biographical dictionary: comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty's navy, from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive". London, J. Murray – via Internet Archive.
^ Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages: History, Structure, and Use edited by Patrick Heinrich, Shinsho Miyara, Michinori Shimoji