Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (16 October 1845, in Hampshire – 19 July 1890, in High Seas) was an English engineer and writer.[1]
Lovelace Bigg-Wither (1805–1874), who was Lord of the Manor at Manydown, was his father.[2] Charles Bigg Wither, a younger brother of his father, was thus his uncle.[3]
Between 1871 and 1875, he participated in an expedition in the Brazilian province of Paraná in southern Brazil.[4]
Upon returning to England, he published the book Pioneering in South Brazil. He also published an article called "The valley of the Tibagy, Brazil" with the Royal Geographical Society.[5][6]
In the 1880s, he worked as chief engineer of a railroad India. In 1890, he became ill and when he returned to England, died on the ship and was buried at sea.
References
edit- ^ OBITUARY. THOMAS PLANTAGENET BIGG-WITHER, 1845–1890 Virtual Library – 2015
- ^ "Lovelace Bigg-Wither & Emma Jemima Orde". Family Forest website. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Charles Bigg-Wither & Eleanor Burn". Family Forest website. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ 1872–1875 Thomas Bigg-Wither (page 27) Book Ruínas e Urubus from Fernando Costa Straube – 2015 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Pioneering in South Brazil. Three years of forest and prairie life in the province of Paraná – original text Archive.org – original text of book – 2015
- ^ Pioneering in south Brazil Senate of the Brazilian Government – 2015