John Cockburn Thomson

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Biography

John Cockburn Thomson (1834–1860), was born in London in 1833 and after studying at Bonn matriculated from Trinity College, Oxford, on 7 June 1852, graduating B.A. from St. Mary Hall in 1857. While at Oxford he worked at Sanskrit (in continuation of studies commenced at Munich)under Horace Hayman Wilson [q. v.], and before he took his degree, being then only twenty-one, he published ‘The Bhagavad-Gita; or a Discourse between Krishna and Arjuna on Divine Matters: a Sanskrit Philosophical Poem; translated [into English Prose] with copious Notes, an Introduction on Sanskrit Philosophy, and other Matter,’ Hertford, 1855, 2 vols. 16mo. The performance was praised not only by Wilson but by Garcin de Tassy, by Schliessen of Prague, by Spiegel of Erlangen, and other foreign savants; and it was used as a class-book in the East Indian College at Haileybury. Two years later the author gained the BodenSanskrit scholarship at Oxford, and was presented with a gold medal by Maximilian of Bavaria. Upon Wilson's death in 1860 Thomson became a candidate for the librarianship at the India office, but he was accidentally drowned at Tenby on 26 May 1860. He had recently been appointeda member of the Asiatic Society of Paris, and of the Antiquarian Society of Normandy. Apart from his work in Sanskrit he was, under the pseudonym of Philip Wharton, joint author with his mother of ‘Queens ofSociety’ (1860) and ‘Wits and Beaux of Society’ (1860), two anecdotal volumes which were well received by the public.

Birth

:: 1834 :: London

Death

1860

Burial

• 30 May 1860

Event Place:

• Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
• John Cockburn Thomson
• Age: 27*Birth Year (Estimated): 1833<ref>"Wales, Pembrokeshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCB1-G2H : 11 February 2018), John Cockburn Thomson, 30 May1860, Burial; from "Parish Records Collection 1538-2005," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Tenby,Pembrokeshire, Wales, Welsh Archive Series.</ref>

UPD

: 09 NOV 2008 10:07:05 GMT+2

Occupation

: Sanskrit scholar and author :: ID: 7D0F69DD-78A7-4582-8D2C-797D69B4A150
:: ID Number: MH:IF1762

Record ID Number

: ID Number: MH:I263

User ID

: ID: FA7009E5-E2D2-4F7D-8CC5-56D4A51260A5

Sources

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Charles Thomson for creating WikiTree profile Thomson-1476 through the import of Alexander timeline_book.gedon Feb 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Charles and others.
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