LC control no. | no2013102150 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Comber, T. J., 1852-1887 |
Variant(s) | Comber, Thomas James, 1852-1887 |
Associated country | England Cameroon Congo (Democratic Republic) |
Birth date | 1852 |
Death date | 1887 |
Affiliation | Baptist Missionary Society |
Profession or occupation | Missionaries Explorers |
Found in | Explorations 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) |