T. J. Alldridge
Illustration — Alldridge in 1901, photo by John Thomson Thomas Joshua Alldridge (21 April 1847 – 28 June 1916) was a British colonial administrator who was the first district commissioner of Sierra Leone. He traveled extensively throughout the country and his photographs are among the first to be taken of the interior regions. In 1900, the Royal Geographical Society honored him for his contributions to ethnography.
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T. J. Alldridge
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- 1847
- Died
- 1916
- Occupation
- politician · photographer
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Alldridge in 1901, photo by John Thomson Thomas Joshua Alldridge (21 April 1847 – 28 June 1916) was a British colonial administrator who was the first district commissioner of Sierra Leone. He traveled extensively throughout the country and his photographs are among the first to be taken of the interior regions. In 1900, the Royal Geographical Society honored him for his contributions to ethnography.
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In the 1905 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order. Alldridge was born in Peckham, London, the son of Richard William Alldridge and Elizabeth Lincoln.
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1847
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- 1.Alldridge, T. J. The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901). Macmillan. 1901.
- 2.Hoffer, Carol P. Mendo and Sherbo Women in High Office. Canadian Journal of African Studies. 5. 2. 151–164. 1972. 10.2307/484196.
- 3.Harmon, Daniel E. West Africa: 1880 To the Present : A Cultural Patchwork. Chelsea House. 70. 15 October 2001. 978-0791057483.
- 4.27 June 1905. 27811. 4550.
- 5.1911 England Census
- 6.London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1923
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