Jonathan Scobie
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The Reverend Jonathan Scobie was an American Baptist minister and missionary in Yokohama, Japan. It is said that around 1869, he built the first rickshaw to transport his invalid wife around the city. However, there are numerous other theories about the origin of the rickshaw, as explained in History of the Rickshaw.
[edit] Name
His name is listed variously as Jonathan Scobie, E. Jonathan Scobie and Jonathan Goble.
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