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Thomas Bernard Collinson
Major General Thomas Bernard Collinson (18 November 1821 – 1 May 1902) was an English naval surveyor of the Royal Engineers who carried out the earliest British surveys of Hong Kong and planned roads and other early military and civil engineering works in New Zealand. Immediately prior to retirement, he was architect to the Scottish Prison Commission.
Origin and military service.
Collinson was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, then part of County Durham, ninth child of Rev. John Collinson, Rector of
his brother, Thomas Bernard Collinson.
Later life.
He was awarded the Founder's Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1858, knighted in 1875, and made an admiral on the retired list in the same year.
In 1862 he became an "elder brother" of Trinity House and in 1875 became Deputy Master.
Further reading.
- Glyn Williams,"Arctic Labyrinth", 2009
- "Barrow's Boys" – Fergus Fleming
- "Timeline of HMS Investigator, Her Officers and Crew (