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Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921

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Personal name headingThomson, J. (John), 1837-1921
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Variant(s)Thomson, John, F.R.G.S.
Thomson, John, 1837-1921
Thompson, John, 1837-1921
Tomson, Tzōn, 1837-1921
Associated countryGreat Britain
Birth date18370614
Death date1921-10
Place of birthEdinburgh (Scotland)
Field of activityPhotography
AffiliationPhotographers
Found inHis The land and the people of China ... 1876.
Gernsheim, H. The hist. of photography, c1969: index (Thomson, John, 1837-1921)
The Focal encyc. of photography, 1965 (Thomson, John, 1837-1921)
His Ekthesē phōtographiōn Tzōn Tomson "Peridiavazontas stēn Kypro, phthinopōro 1878, 1984: t.p. (Tzōn Tomson)
Victoria & Albert Museum website, Nov 12, 2003 photography section (John Thomson, British, 1837-1921, experimented with microphotography before travelling throughout the Far East between 1862 and 1872; maintained a commercial photography studio in Singapore and Hong Kong; author of Street Life in London; later became a fashionable portrait photographer in Mayfair, under royal patronage)
Wan Qing sui ying, 2011: t.p. (John Thomson) cover flap (b. June 14th, 1837; d. October 1921)
Siam & China through the lens of John Thomson, 2023: t.p. (John Thomson) front flap (born in Edinburgh, Scotland)
Associated languageeng