John Bachelor Life story of John Batchelor (1854-1944), an English missionary who became the first westerner to learn the Ainu language, record its grammar in English, and make the Ainu known to the western world. http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~matu-emk/bachel.html Top/Regional/Asia/Japan/Society_and_Culture/Ancient_Cultures/Ainu