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Richard Thornton

Birth: 5 Apr 1838
Cottingley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Death: 21 Apr 1863 (aged 25)
Malawi
Burial: St Paul Churchyard

Shipley, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Add to Map
Memorial ID: 82555025 View Source

Whilst performing his duties as geologist to the Zambesi Expedition, East Central Africa, and was buried near the Murchison Cataracts on the River Shire.

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1794–1872

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