Spooner, T J, fl. 1890-1901 (engineer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1890 - 1901
Biography
T.J. Spooner, born 1862, was a railway engineer in India in the 1890s. He was appointed District Engineer on the Uganda Railway in 1898. His contract terminated after February 1901. Spooner possibly returned to India. He was a keen hunter (Patterson 1907) and was very efficient (Jackson 1930).
Sources:
Jackson, Frederick John (1930), 'Early days in East Africa'. London: Edward Arnold.
Patterson, John Henry (1907), 'The man-eaters of Tsavo, and other East African adventures'. London: Macmillan.
Simpson, D.H., Thomas, H.B. and Gray, Sir J.M. (c. 1961) 'Dictionary of East African biography'. Unfinished and unpublished [Held in RCS Library - RCMS 155].
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fonds
Spooner album of Uganda
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045D
Scope and Contents
Album inscribed inside the front cover 'To F. Jackson Esqre C.B. In remembrance of a very nice sojourn in the Uganda Protectorate with the compliments of the author by T.J. Spooner late of the Uganda Rly.' The album was given to H.B. Thomas by Lady Jackson in the 1960s (see Y3046A). The photographs are captioned by Spooner, with further details added in some cases by H.B. Thomas. Most of them show scenes on Lake Victoria, but 11 is of the Mutiny Memorial at Bukaleba, and the proof of an...
Dates:
1901
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