Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (born 1810)

Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie

Irish-born Basque explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer

Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie d'Arrast was a French-Basque explorer, geographer, ethnologist, linguist and astronomer of Irish birth, renowned for his expeditions in Ethiopia during the early 19th century. He was the elder brother of Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie, who accompanied him on…