Walter Thom
Walter Thom (1770–1824) was a Scottish writer and journalist.
Life[]
He was born at Bervie, Kincardineshire, and later moved to Aberdeen, where he established himself as a bookseller. In 1813 he went to Dublin, as editor of the , assisted by his son Alexander Thom. He died in there on 16 June 1824.
Works[]
Thom was the author of a History of Aberdeen (Aberdeen, 1811) and of a treatise on Pedestrianism (Aberdeen, 1813). He also contributed to Brewster's Encyclopædia, to Sir John Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland, and to William Shaw Mason's Statistical Account of Ireland.
References[]
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Thom, Alexander". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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- 1770 births
- 1824 deaths
- Scottish historians
- Scottish journalists
- People from Kincardine and Mearns
- Scottish booksellers
- Scottish editors
- Historians of Scotland
- Scottish encyclopedists
- Scottish statisticians
- Scottish writer stubs