Walter Thom [SEP] occupation
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
, so boundaries were seldom distinct.
See also.
- Interior Salish languages
- Tillamook (extinct Salishan language)
Bibliography.
- Bates, Dawn, Hess, Thom, and Hilbert, Vi; map by Dassow, Laura, 1994, Lushootseed dictionary, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, . (alk. paper) Revised and expanded update of Hess, Thom, "Dictionary of Puget Salish" (University of Washington Press, 1976). Accessed Sep 24, 2009.
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