Thomson, Joseph, 1858-1895
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- Summary
- Joseph Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, Nyahururu, are named after him. Excelling as an explorer rather than an exact scientist, he avoided confrontations among his porters or with indigenous peoples, neither killing any native nor losing any of his men to violence. His motto is often quoted to be "He who goes gently, goes safely; he who goes safely, goes far." Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4]
- Born
- 1858-02-14 [2][4]
- Birth Place
- Penpont [4]
- Died
- 1895-08-02 [2][4]
- Death Place
- London [4]
- Country
- Great Britain [2]
- Language
- English [3]
- Occupation
- explorer [4]
- geologist [4]
- naturalist [4]
- writer [4]
- botanist [4]
- Profession
- Forschungsreisender [2]
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh [4]
- Country of Education
- United Kingdom [4]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [4]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Entry [4]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Wikidata
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