Frederick Starr

Frederick Starr (September 2, 1858 – August 14, 1933) was an American academic, anthropologist, and "populist educator"[1] born in Auburn, New York.

While working as a curator of geology at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York, he became interested in anthropology and ethnology.

Starr's work is often cited as an example of the whitewashing campaign King Leopold II conducted from 1884 to 1912, also known as the Congo Free State Propaganda War.

He extensively reported on the abuse of the indigenous peoples by the private Belgian police which the king used to impose a state of virtual slavery for rubber workers.

[8] Starr happened to be in Japan when the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and subsequent major fires struck the main island of Honshū.

[10] Dr. Starr had escaped to the relative safety of Zojo-ji, a famous Buddhist Temple in Tokyo's Shiba district in what is today Minato ward.

Here on the topmost step, I sat till morning, watching the brazen sky beyond the slope meaning ruin to millions.