Prince, Tom von
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- Prince, Tom
- Von Prince, Tom
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1866-01-09
Death Date
- 1914-11-04
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Germany. Heer. Schutztruppen
Birth Place
- Port Louis (Mauritius)
Associated Language
- German
Field of Activity
(lcsh) German East Africa--History, Military
(lcsh) Tanzania--History, Military
Occupation
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Sources
- found: His Gegen Araber und Wahehe, 1914:t.p. (Tom v. Prince)
- found: Der Sklavenjäger von Tabora, 1941:last page (Tom von Prince; Tom Prince; born 1866, son of the English governor of Mauritius; his mother was German; orphaned early; went to Germany, educated at the Ritterakademie at Liegnitz; by 1888 he had left Germany, traveled on his own to join Hermann v. Wissmann as an officer; did battles with Bana Heri, a leader under Bushiri; after leaving the Schutztruppe he remained in German East Africa as a planter, while working with the resident Germans to form a Freikorps for the defense of German East Africa, valuable preparation for the World War; rejoined the Schutztruppe as a caption upon outbreak of the war; died during the battle against the English at Tanga, November 1914)
- found: Wikipedia, German version, viewed Feb. 5, 2018(Tom von Prince; born as Tom Prince, 9 January 1866, Port Louis, Mauritius, son of police officer Thomas Henry Prince; died 4 November 1914 at Tanga, German East Africa; a German colonialist, plantation owner and officer of the Schutztruppe for German East Africa)
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Change Notes
- 1988-01-19: new
- 2018-02-06: revised
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