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3 unusual facts about Thomas William Bowlby


Thomas William Bowlby

Lord Elgin and Baron Gros were his fellow passengers in the steamship SS Malabar, which sank in Galle harbor on 22 May 1860 after being beached in a severe storm; his report of the shipwreck was considered one of his best pieces of work.

Bowlby died on 22 September at Tungchow, from the effects of the treatment he received in prison.

After the capture of Tientsin on 23 August 1860, Bowlby accompanied Admiral Sir James Hope and four others to Tungchow to arrange the preliminaries of peace.



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