Blakiston

Blakiston

Blakiston (spr. blë-), Thomas Wright, engl. Forschungsreisender, geb. 27. Dez. 1832 in Lymington (Hants), gest. 15. Okt. 1891 in San Diego (Kalifornien), trat 1851 in die Militärakademie von Woolwich, wurde Artillerieoffizier, nahm am Krimkriege teil, erforschte 1857–58 als Mitglied der Palliserexpedition das kanadische Felsengebirge, kam während des englisch-chinesischen Krieges nach Kanton und leitete nach dem Friedensschluß 1861 eine erfolgreiche Forschungsreise nach dem mittlern u. obern Jangtsekiang. Später betrieb er in Japan wirtschaftliche Unternehmungen, bes. den Bau von Sägemühlen, und siedelte schließlich nach den Vereinigten Staaten über. Er veröffentlichte: »Report on the exploration of two passes through the Rocky Mountains« (Woolwich 1859) und »Fife months on the Yang-Tsze with a narrative of the exploration of its upper waters« (Lond. 1862).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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