Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1820–1885) was an

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explorer and writer. Born in January 1820 at Stonyford

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, he reportedly studied medicine in Germany. After a trip to

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in 1851, he became chief surgeon on the

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at the

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and Fernando Po, he became governor of the latter place (1857) and in 1861 was transferred to the

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ate at

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, where he took part in the Salado expedition of 1862. In 1870 he was appointed Consul at

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and three years later retired to his Irish home. He later travelled through Europe during the 1870s, and publisher several books. He died in Florence, Italy in March 1885.

Works

Hutchinson wrote the following: * ''Narrative of the Niger Tshadda Binuë Exploration'' (1855) * ''Impressions of Western Africa'' (1858) * ''Ten Years' Wandering among the Ethiopians'' (1861) * ''Buenos Ayres and Argentine Gleanings'' (1865) * ''Parana and South American Recollections'' (1868) * ''Two Years in Peru'' (1873) * ''Summer Rambles in Brittany'' (1876)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, Thomas Joseph Irish surgeons 19th-century Irish explorers 19th-century Irish travel writers Writers from County Kilkenny English non-fiction writers 1820 births 1885 deaths English male non-fiction writers 19th-century Anglo-Irish people Medical doctors from County Kilkenny Irish male non-fiction writers