T. J. Alldridge

T. J. Alldridge (1847-1916)[1] was the first district commissioner of Sierra Leone.[2] He traveled extensively throughout the country and his photographs are among the first to be taken of the interior regions. In 1900 the Royal Geographical Society honored him for his contributions to ethnography.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Alldridge, T. J. (1901). The Sherbro and its hinterland (1901). Macmillan.
  2. ↑ Hoffer, Carol P. (1972). "Mendo and Sherbo Women in High Office". Canadian Journal of African Studies 5 (2).
  3. ↑ Harmon, Daniel E. (15 October 2001). West Africa: 1880 To the Present : A Cultural Patchwork (Library Binding ed.). Chelsea House. p. 70. ISBN 978-0791057483.
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