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Lynch, T. K. (Thomas Kerr), 1818-1891

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Fuller Name

Thomas Kerr

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Lynch, Thomas Kerr, 1818-1891

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Field of Activity
Discoveries in geography

Occupation
Explorers

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Thomas Kerr Lynch Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

found: Letter to Viscount Palmerston, K.G., on the political importance of the Euphrates Valley Railway ..., 1857:t.p. (T.K. Lynch, Esq.)

found: Wikipedia, viewed 10 Nov. 2015(Thomas Kerr Lynch (1818-91) Irish explorer. In 1837 he joined his brother Henry, who commanded an expedition up the river Tigris to Baghdad, a previously unaccomplished voyage. Thomas went on to establish a steamer service on the Tigris linking Baghdad with India. In the 1850s, Thomas, who had by then travelled extensively throughout Mesopotamia and Persia, was appointed Consul-General for Persia in London. He was made a Knight of the Order of the Lion and the Sun)

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2015-11-10: new
2015-11-11: revised

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