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Comber, T. J., 1852-1887

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Personal name headingComber, T. J., 1852-1887
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Variant(s)Comber, Thomas James, 1852-1887
Associated countryEngland Cameroon Congo (Democratic Republic)
Birth date1852
Death date1887
AffiliationBaptist Missionary Society
Profession or occupationMissionaries Explorers
Found inExplorations by the Revs. George Grenfell and T.J. Comber, on the Congo, from Stanley Pool to Bangala, and up the Bochini to the junction of the Kwango, 1885: t.p. (T.J. Comber)
BMS World Mission website, viewed Sep. 18, 2013: Grenfell and Comber (Thomas Comber (1852-1887); trained as missionary student at Regent's Park College; spent a further year in London studying medicine; traveled to Cameroon with BMS at age 24; in 1879, helped to establish mission stations at the mouth of the Congo, by 1881 helped to establish overland route to Stanley Pool from the coast; died of fever in 1887)
OCLC, Sep. 18, 2013 (hdgs.: Comber, T. J.; Comber, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1852-1887; Comber, Thomas James; usage: T. J. Comber)