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T. R. H. Thomson

1813 – 1876

British ornithologist

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Lived 1813 – 1876 (aged 62–63). T. R. H. Thomson was a British naval surgeon, ornithologist, naturalist, mammalogist and explorer.

Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson (1813–1876) was an English explorer and naturalist. He took part in the Niger expedition of 1841.

He originally described the Allen's gallinule.

Works Captain William Allen & T. R. H. Thomson 1848: A narrative of the expedition sent by Her Majesty's government to the river Niger, in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N.. 2 vols. – Richard Bentley, Lontoo. T. R. H. Thomson 1854: Observations on the Reported Incompetency of the "Gins" or Aboriginal Females of New Holland, to Procreate with a Native Male after Having Borne Half-Caste Children to a European or White. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848–1856), Vol. 3, 1854 (1854), ss. 243–246

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Important facts

Born

1813, London

Birth century

19th century

Died

1876, Braddan

Occupation

Naval surgeon, ornithologist, naturalist, mammalogist, explorer

Nationality

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Also known as

Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson

People in T. R. H. Thomson's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped T. R. H. Thomson's

Hans Christian Ørsted

1777 – 1851

Physicist

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

1778 – 1841

Botanist

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

Frequently asked questions

Who was T. R. H. Thomson?

British ornithologist (1813–1876)

When was T. R. H. Thomson born?

T. R. H. Thomson was born in 1813 in London.

When did T. R. H. Thomson die?

T. R. H. Thomson died in 1876 in Braddan.

What was T. R. H. Thomson's occupation?

T. R. H. Thomson was a naval surgeon, ornithologist, naturalist, mammalogist and explorer.

What nationality was T. R. H. Thomson?

T. R. H. Thomson was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: T. R. H. Thomson

· Wikidata: Q7793512

· DBpedia: T. R. H. Thomson

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