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 Dublin Journal, 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. .
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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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