Thomas Joseph Hutchinson
Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (born January 18, 1820 in Stonyford , Ireland , † March 23, 1885 ) was a British explorer and consul .
Hutchinson was initially engaged in medicine and became a doctor before taking a trip to West Africa in 1851 . Between 1854 and 1855 he traveled to this part of Africa as chief physician on the expedition to Niger . In 1855 Hutchinson became the English consul in the Bay of Biafra and on Fernando Poo , which he also administered as governor for the Spanish government from 1857 . In 1861 he was appointed consul in Rosario in Argentina . Here he explored, among other things, the valley of the Rio Salado . In 1870 he became consul in Callao . He lived on his country estate in Ireland from 1870 and died on March 23, 1885.
Works
- Narrative of the Niger-Tshalda-Binue exploration of 1854-55 , 1855
- Impressions of Western Africa , 1858
- Ten years' wanderings among the Ethiopians , 1861
- Buenos Ayres and Argentine gleanings , 1865
- Parana and South American recollections , 1868
- Two years in Peru , 1874
- Summer rambles in Brittany , 1876
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| SURNAME | Hutchinson, Thomas Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British explorer and consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stonyford , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1885 |