Name Arthur Thomson | Role Writer | |
Books The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present, Savage and Civilized |
Arthur Saunders Thomson (29 December 1816 – 4 November 1860) was a notable New Zealand military surgeon, medical scientist, writer and historian. He was born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland in 1816. Thompson's book The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present, Savage and Civilized (1859) is generally considered to be the first scholarly history of the island country.
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