Falconer/[Falkner], Thomas ♂
Education
M.A. and M.D. 27.5.1774 on testimonials signed by Thomas Berington M.D., [ ] Campbell M.D., Hereford and John Berkeley M.D..
Birth/childhood
Born 6.10.1707 son of Thomas Falconer, Manchester and [Hannah Walker ?].
Career
Became a ship’s surgeon , then a Jesuit missionary for 38 years among tribes of South America. Returned to England 1768. Acted as chaplain in various families. [Doctor, jesuit, missionary, minister]
Publications
A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America.... (Hereford: Printed by C. Pugh, 1774)
Death
Died 30.1.1784 at Plowden Hall.
Sources
- DNB
- Thomas Falkner in Wikipedia.