Fur-trader, surveyor and mapmaker. Born Dafydd ap Thomas at Marsham Street, London. He was chosen to be an apprentice to the Hudson Bay Company. Transferring to the North West Company in 1797 he embarked on many expeditions to map the country. He was the first European to navigate the Colombia river. Died in near obscurity in Montreal.
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David Thompson
Explorer and naval administrator. Born Devon, the younger brother of Stephen.
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin. A skeleton was found which is thought to be his. See the picture source for how they did that.
Explorer. Born Devon. The first European, while on an expedition with Richard Burton to East Africa in 1858, to discover Lake Victoria. On a subsequent journey with James Grant in 1862, he confirme...
Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed t...
Person, Exploring, Religion, Seriously Famous, Africa, Scotland
Born Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire. Viceroy of India. Successful Foreign Secretary. Disappointed not to have become Prime Minster. Died in London.
From English Heritage: "... founded in 1875 by Mary Townsend as an Anglican organisation that offered care and support to such women, through seven 'lodges' across west London, in areas like Ealing...
This phrase translates as "Society for Deeds of Loving Kindness", a Jewish Benevolent Society. It was established on the site where Albert Stern House now is and included a hospital for sick poor a...
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