Edward William Barton-Wright
British businessman (1860–1951)
エドワード・ウィリアム・バートン＝ライト
- Born
- 8 November 1860, Bengaluru
- Died
- 26 April 1951, United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Sport
- judo
- Occupation
- civil engineer, judoka, businessperson, inventor
Edward William Barton-Wright CE, FRSA, MJS (member of the Japan Society) (8 November 1860 – 13 September 1951) was an English entrepreneur specialising in both self defence training and physical therapy. He is remembered today as one of the first Europeans to both learn and teach Japanese martial arts and as a pioneer of the concept of hybrid martial arts.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.