LC control no. | n 88175692 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Waghorn, Thomas, 1800-1850 |
Variant(s) | Waghorn, (Thomas), Lieut. 1800-1850 Waghorn, Thomas Fletcher, 1800-1850 |
Associated country | Great Britain India |
Located | Bengal (India) |
Birth date | 1800 |
Death date | 1850-01-07 |
Place of birth | Chatham (Kent, England) |
Place of death | London (England) |
Field of activity | Pilots and pilotage Postal service Steam-navigation |
Affiliation | East India Company |
Profession or occupation | Pilots and pilotage |
Found in | Egypt as it is in 1837, 1837: t.p. (Thomas Waghorn, general agent in Egypt for steam intercourse) NUC pre-56 (Waghorn, Thomas, 1800-1850) Mr. Waghorn's second pamphlet on Australian steam to Singapore, 1847: t.p. (Lieut. Waghorn, R.N., F.R.A.S.) Particulars of an overland journey from London to Bombay, by way of the continent, Egypt and the Red Sea, 1831: t.p. (Thomas Waghorn, of the Hon. East-India Company's pilot service on the Bengal establishment) BL database, viewed 5 May 2015 (hdg.: Waghorn, Thomas Fletcher) Wikipedia, viewed 5 May 2015 (Thomas Fletcher Waghorn (1800-1850) was a postal pioneer who developed a new route from Great Britain to India. At twelve years of age, he entered the Royal Navy at Chatham, joining HMS Bahama as a midshipman in November 1812. He became a pilot and took an interest in the early attempts at establishing a steamship route from England to India and the East. Waghorn's route reduced the journey from 16,000 miles, via the Cape of Good Hope, to 6,000 miles: from three months to between 35 and 45 days. Waghorn died at his London home in Islington on 7 January 1850. A statue of Waghorn was raised in Railway Street, Chatham, in 1888. Its inscription is: "Thomas Waghorn - Lieutenant RN - Pioneer and founder of the overland route - Born at Chatham 1800 - Died Jany 7th 1850".) |
Associated language | eng |