John Thomson
Photographer and geographer
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John Thomson FRGS was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East, documenting the people, landscapes and artefacts of eastern cultures. Wikipedia
Born: June 14, 1837, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Died: September 29, 1921 (age 84 years), London, United Kingdom
Children: John Newlands Thomson
Education: Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notable work: Foochow and the River Min
Organization(s): Royal Ethnological Society of London; Royal Geographical Society
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