Thomas Joshua Alldridge (21 April 1847 – 28 June 1916)
was a British colonial administrator who was the first district commissioner of
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
.
He traveled extensively throughout the country and his photographs are among the first to be taken of the interior regions. In 1900, the
Royal Geographical Society
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honored him for his contributions to
ethnography
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining ...
.
In the
1905 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the
Imperial Service Order
The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a pe ...
.
Alldridge was born in
Peckham
Peckham ( ) is a district in south-east London, within the London Borough of Southwark. It is south-east of Charing Cross. At the 2001 Census the Peckham ward had a population of 14,720.
History
"Peckham" is a Saxon place name meaning the vi ...
, London, the son of Richard William Alldridge and Elizabeth Lincoln.
[''1911 England Census''][''London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1923'']
References
1847 births
1916 deaths
People from Peckham
Colonial secretaries of Sierra Leone
Companions of the Imperial Service Order
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