Joseph Thomson

The source records Penpont as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Scottish geologist and explorer (1858–1895)

From Wikidata Q1351577

Birthplace

Penpont

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Photo credits

• Billy McCrorie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Alex McEwen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Bob Peace, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Colin Kinnear, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Penpont, Main StreetHouse (19th Century), Shop (19th Century) · 16 ydPenpont, Main Street, Volunteer Arms HotelHotel · 41 ydWar MemorialMemorial · 95 ydPenpont ChurchyardBurial Ground (medieval), Churchyard (medieval), Cross (early Medieval), Gravestone (17th Century) · 240 ydMillennium CairnMemorial · 1149 ydCourthill, SmithySmithy · 1565 ydEwe HillMountain / peak · 1.7 miTibbers WoodForest · 1.8 miAuchenbainzie HillMountain / peak · 2.2 miCraigturraCave, Scraper (tool) (flint) · 2.4 miTownhead WoodForest · 2.4 miDrumlanrig Castle, GardenGarden · 2.8 mi

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