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Newbold, Thomas John

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1807, Macclesfield, England. Died: 1850, Mahabuleshwar, Brit. India.

career:

Of the Madras Army, author of some publications on the Malay Peninsula,¹ where he was stationed as staff officer about 1833. He had entered the army in 1827 and was promoted captain in 1842; he was geologically interested. In about 1838 he prepared a Zoological and Botanical Catalogue for the Straits; it was printed and circulated for correction and enlargement, but was considered to be too incomplete for publication.

Collecting localities:

1833. Malay Peninsula: from Malacca to As(s)ahan (Apr. 20), en route to Mt Ophir; Gummi, G. Tando, G. Ledang.²

collections:

He transmitted plants from Mt Ophir to Wallich at Calcutta [CAL].³

literature:

(1) T.J. Newbold: ‘Some account of the territory of Naning, in the Malay Peninsula’; some small papers in J.H. Moor: ‘Notices of the Indian Archipelago, and adjacent countries, etc.’ (Singapore 1837); ‘A political and statistical account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, viz Penang, Malacca, and Singapore; with a history of the Malay States on the Peninsula of Malacca’ (London 1839, 2 vols).
(2) J.T. Newbold (the initials probably erroneously interchanged): ‘A visit to the Gold Mine at Battang Moving, and summit of Mt. Ophir, or “Gunong Ledang”, in the Malay Peninsula’ (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 2, 1833, p. 497-502).
(3) cf. Newbold’s Brit. Settl. in Malacca l.c. 2, p. 165-174 and Journ. Asiat. Soc. 1834, p. 48.

biographical data:

Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 19, 1887, p. 143-148; Dict. Nat. Biogr. vol. 40, p. 314-315; Buckland, Dict. Ind. Biogr., 1906; Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Newbold, Thomas John
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1807, Macclesfield, England. Died: 1850, Mahabuleshwar, Brit. India.
	career: Of the Madras Army, author of some publications on the Malay Peninsula,¹ where he was stationed as staff officer about 1833. He had entered the army in 1827 and was promoted captain in 1842; he was geologically interested. In about 1838 he prepared a Zoological and Botanical Catalogue for the Straits; it was printed and circulated for correction and enlargement, but was considered to be too incomplete for publication.
	Collecting localities: 1833. Malay Peninsula: from Malacca to As(s)ahan (Apr. 20), en route to Mt Ophir; Gummi, G. Tando, G. Ledang.²
	collections: He transmitted plants from Mt Ophir to Wallich at Calcutta [CAL].³
	literature: (1) T.J. Newbold: ‘Some account of the territory of Naning, in the Malay Peninsula’; some small papers in J.H. Moor: ‘Notices of the Indian Archipelago, and adjacent countries, etc.’ (Singapore 1837); ‘A political and statistical account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca, viz Penang, Malacca, and Singapore; with a history of the Malay States on the Peninsula of Malacca’ (London 1839, 2 vols). (2) J.T. Newbold (the initials probably erroneously interchanged): ‘A visit to the Gold Mine at Battang Moving, and summit of Mt. Ophir, or “Gunong Ledang”, in the Malay Peninsula’ (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 2, 1833, p. 497-502). (3) cf. Newbold’s Brit. Settl. in Malacca l.c. 2, p. 165-174 and Journ. Asiat. Soc. 1834, p. 48.
	biographical data: Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. no 19, 1887, p. 143-148; Dict. Nat. Biogr. vol. 40, p. 314-315; Buckland, Dict. Ind. Biogr., 1906; Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, nos 4-5.