| | | |
Thomas Edward Bowdich | |
|
Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
20 June 1791 | | Born (Bristol). |
1813 | | Married Sarah, daughter of Mr John Eglington Wallis, of Colchester. |
1813 | | Partner in the firm of Bowdich, Son, & Luce, hatters. |
1814 | | Writer for the African Company at Cape Coast Castle. |
1815 | | Joined African Company mission to Ashantee. |
1818 | 1821 | Studied, with his wife, in Paris. |
1822 | | Undertook, with his wife, second African expedition. |
10 January 1824 | | Died of fever at Bathurst, Gambia. |
His wife afterwards married Mr R. Lee, and under the name of 'Mrs. R. Lee' became a popular writer and illustrator of scientific works for the young. She died in 1865. |
Literature: (DNB). |