Arthur Thomas Malkin

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Arthur Thomas Malkin (* 1803 in Hackney , London , † 1888 in Corrybrough , Inverness , Scotland ) was an English mountaineering pioneer and writer.

The historians Benjamin Heath Malkin and Frederic Malkin were his brothers. In August 1840, Malkin was the first to climb the Hockenhorn in the Lötschental in the Bernese Alps . Arthur Thomas Malkin died in Corrybrough, Scotland in 1888 at the age of 85.

Works

  • Biographies of eminent men in literature, arts, and arms, from the 13th century , Nattali & Bond, London, 1850
    • 1. - Dante to Raleigh
    • 2. - Lord Bacon to Leibniz
    • 3. Somers to John Hunter
    • 4. Gibbon to Wilberforce
  • Distinguished men of modern times , Knight, London 1838 (Vol. 1–4)
  • Gallery portraits with memoirs . Knight, London 1848
  • Historical parallels , Knight, London (Vol. 1–3)
  • History of Greece from the earliest times to its final subjection to Rome , Baldwin & Cradock, London 1829
  • Leaves from the Alpine notebooks , London 1890

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Malkin, Arthur Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English mountaineering pioneer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Hackney , London
DATE OF DEATH 1888
Place of death Corrybrough , Inverness , Scotland