Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson
Encyclopedia
Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson (1813–1876) was an English
explorer and naturalist
In 1841 -1842 Thomson was a member of an expedition to Niger, usually referred to as the Thomson expedition. He is the author of Allen's Gallinule
.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
explorer and naturalist
Naturalist
Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...
In 1841 -1842 Thomson was a member of an expedition to Niger, usually referred to as the Thomson expedition. He is the author of Allen's Gallinule
Allen's Gallinule
The Allen's Gallinule , formerly known as the Lesser Gallinule is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Its former binomial name is Porphyrula alleni....
.
Works
- Captain William Allen & T. R. H. Thomson 1848: A narrative of the expedition sent by Her Majesty's government to the river Niger, in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N.. 2 vols. - Richard Bentley, Lontoo.
- T. R. H. Thomson 1854: Observations on the Reported Incompetency of the "Gins" or Aboriginal Females of New Holland, to Procreate with a Native Male after Having Borne Half-Caste Children to a European or White. Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848–1856), Vol. 3, 1854 (1854), ss. 243–246