Facts:   - death place: tokyo , japan    - other names: verbeek    - known for: foreign advisor to meiji japan    - caption: guido herman fridolin verbeck    - death date: 10 may 1898      - birth date: january 28 , 1830    - name: guido herman fridolin verbeck    - nationality: border    - image: guido herman fridolin verbeck.jpg    - birth place: zeist , netherlands    - occupation: missionary , educator , foreign advisor to japan   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of guido verbeck .
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guido herman fridolin verbeck -lrb- born verbeek -rrb- -lrb- 28 january 1830 -- 10 may 1898 -rrb- was a dutch political advisor , educator , and missionary active in `` bakumatsu '' and meiji period japan .he was one of the most important `` o-yatoi gaikokujin '' -lrb- foreign advisors -rrb- serving the meiji government and contributed to many major government decisions during the early years of the reign of emperor meiji .