Shō Tai 1843–1901 Source: Wikimedia Commons About Shō Tai last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (1843-1901) People from the Same Era Alexander de Savornin Lohman 1837–1924 journalist, judge, lawyer, politician, university teacher Groningen George Whiting 1840–1923 classical composer, organist Holliston John Arnold Lewis 1833–1894 politician József Jeny 1840–1929 head teacher, primary school teacher Nagytétény James Clark Bunten 1836–1901 engineer Reinhold Bechstein 1833–1894 germanist, philologist, university teacher Meiningen