Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson (1813–1876) was an English explorer and naturalist. He took part in the

Niger expedition of 1841 The Niger expedition of 1841 was mounted by British missionary and activist groups in 1841-1842, using three British iron steam vessels to travel to Lokoja, at the confluence of the Niger River and Benue River, in what is now Nigeria. The British ...

. He originally described the

Allen's gallinule Allen's gallinule (''Porphyrio alleni''), formerly known as the lesser gallinule, is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Its former binomial name is ''Porphyrula alleni''. ''Porphyrio'' is the Latin for "swamphen", and ''alleni'', like the ...

Works

*Captain

William Allen William Allen may refer to: Politicians United States *William Allen (congressman) (1827–1881), United States Representative from Ohio *William Allen (governor) (1803–1879), U.S. Representative, Senator, and 31st Governor of Ohio *William ...

& T. R. H. Thomson 1848: ''A narrative of the expedition sent by Her Majesty's government to the river Niger, in 1841, under the command of Capt. H. D. Trotter, R.N.''. 2 vols. – Richard Bentley, Lontoo. *T. R. H. Thomson 1854: Observations on the Reported Incompetency of the "Gins" or Aboriginal Females of New Holland, to Procreate with a Native Male after Having Borne Half-Caste Children to a European or White. ''Journal of the Ethnological Society of London'' (1848–1856), Vol. 3, 1854 (1854), ss. 243–246

References

''A Narrative of the Expedition to the Niger in 1841''
English naturalists English ornithologists 1876 deaths 1813 births British expatriates in Nigeria People of colonial Nigeria {{ornithologist-stub