Thomas Falconer (scholar)

	Thomas Falconer (scholar) Thomas Falconer may refer to: * Thomas Falconer (jurist) (1805–1882), English jurist and explorer * Thomas Falconer (classical scholar, born 1772) (1772–1839), English clergyman and classical scholar * Thomas Falconer (classical scholar, born 1738) (1738–1792), English classical scholar See also * Thomas Falkner (1707–1784), English Jesuit missionary * Thomas Faulkner (other) {{hndis, Falconer, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thomas Falconer (jurist) Thomas Falconer (25 June 1805 – 28 August 1882) was an English jurist and explorer. Born in Bath, England on 25 June 1805, Falconer was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1823, and to the bar in 1830. He practised for a number of years as an equity draftsman and conveyancer, and later turned to codifying the laws and statutes of England. In 1840, Falconer emigrated to the Republic of Texas, sailing from England on the ''Britannia'' on 20 October, and arriving in May 1841. On his arrival he obtained permission to accompany the Texan Santa Fe Expedition as an observer. The expedition left Austin on 18 June. On the trail towards New Mexico, Falconer had his horse stolen by Kiowa Indians. On 31 August, the expedition leader, Hugh McLeod, decided to split the party, with some to proceed to San Miguel and return with provision, while the rest remained in camp. As Falconer had no horse, he remained in camp. Falconer's party was attacked by Indians a number of times, and nearly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Falconer (classical Scholar, Born 1772) Thomas Falconer (1772–1839) was an English clergyman and classical scholar. Life The son of William Falconer, M.D., F.R.S., of Bath, Somerset by Henrietta, daughter of Thomas Edmunds of Worsborough Hall, Yorkshire, he was born on 24 December 1772, and educated at the cathedral school, Chester, the grammar school in Bath, the high school, Manchester, The King's School, Chester, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was a precocious boy, and some of his verses were published in ‘Prolusiones Poeticæ,’ Chester, 1788. The same year he was elected to a scholarship at Corpus Christi, where he graduated B.A. in 1791, and took the M.A. degree and a fellowship in 1795. After taking holy orders he spent some years at Edinburgh studying medicine. He took his M.B. and M.D. degrees at Oxford in 1822. He never practised medicine, nor, except for a short time as ''locum tenens'', did he do any ordinary clerical duty. He was, however, select preacher before the university of Oxford o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Falconer (classical Scholar, Born 1738) Thomas Falconer may refer to: * Thomas Falconer (jurist) (1805–1882), English jurist and explorer Thomas Falconer (classical scholar, born 1772) Thomas Falconer (1772–1839) was an English clergyman and classical scholar. Life The son of William Falconer, M.D., F.R.S., of Bath, Somerset by Henrietta, daughter of Thomas Edmunds of Worsborough Hall, Yorkshire, he was born on 24 Decemb ... (1772–1839), English clergyman and classical scholar Thomas Falconer (classical scholar, born 1738) (1738–1792), English classical scholar See also * Thomas Falkner (1707–1784), English Jesuit missionary * Thomas Faulkner (other) {{hndis, Falconer, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thomas Falkner Thomas Falkner (6 October 1707 – 30 January 1784) was an English Jesuit missionary, explorer and physician, active in the Patagonia region for nearly forty years. His primary work, ''The Description of Patagonia'', was written towards the idea of English colonization (similar to Mungo Park and other explorers of his era), but it remains valuable as a record of early life, flora and fauna of the region. He is credited with recording the first fossil in present-day Argentina. Life He was the son of Thomas Falkner, a Manchester apothecary, and had Calvinist, maybe Scottish heritage. In poor health, he was advised to take a sea-voyage, and being acquainted with a ship chaplain on board the ''Assiento'', a vessel trading with Guinea and carrying slaves to Buenos Aires, he accepted an invitation to accompany the vessel as surgeon. This was in or about 1731. On reaching Buenos Aires he was so ill that the captain was compelled to leave him there in the care of Father Mahoney, the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]