Frederick Thomas Green

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Frederick "Fred" Thomas Green (born April 4, 1829 in Montreal , Lower Canada ; † May 5, 1876 in Heigamkab , Damaraland ) was a Canadian explorer , big game hunter and trader in what is now Namibia and Botswana . From 1850 to 1853 he was mainly in the area around Lake Ngami, together with his brother Charles , and in 1854 he moved to Damaraland.

Henry, an older brother of Frederick who lived in Bloemfontein in the Orange River Sovereignty , housed his two brothers. From there they prepared an expedition to Shoshong . On July 30, 1850, the two met David Livingstone there . A year later, on September 11, 1851, they met Livingstone again. From then on, the two brothers visited Lake Ngami once a year.

Frederick Green lived from 1852 on a Scottish farm near Bloemfontein. In 1853 he traveled again to Lake Ngami and from 1854 he traveled through Damaraland to Walvis Bay on the Atlantic before he reached Cape Town , presumably by ship . There Green made the acquaintance of Charles John Andersson , with whom he planned joint expeditions.

He died of liver disease .

family

Green was born to John William Green and Margaret Gray. He was the grandson of John Gray , the founder of the Bank of Montreal . His first marriage was from around 1860 to Betsey Kaipukire and others Kandendu, with whom he had a daughter (Ada Maria; 1864-1926). Shortly after the birth, Green married Catherine Agnes Anne Stewardson (1848–1898) in March 1865. He had seven children with her, four of whom died in infancy. Mary Elizabeth (1865–1952), Frederick Vincent (1868–1949) and Alice Isabella (1871 – around 1851) survived

His great- grandchild Mburumba Kerina (Kerina is Otjiherero for green ; German  green ) is considered to be the inventor of the name of his home country Namibia .

literature

  • Karel Schoeman: The Bloemfontein diary of Lieut WJ St John 1852-1853. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town 1988, ISBN 0-7981-2243-9 .
  • Edward Tabler: Pioneers of South West Africa and Ngamiland. Balkema, Cape Town 1973, ISBN 0-86961-021-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ELP Stals: Palgrave Commission Report Title: The commissions of WC Palgrave, special emissary to South West Africa, 1876-1885. Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1991.
  2. ↑ Klaus Dierks : Biographies of Namibian Personalities, K . klausdierks.com. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Green, Frederick Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Green, Fred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian explorer, big game hunter and trader
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Lower Canada
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1876
Place of death Heigamkab , Damaraland