William Fraser Tolmie

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William Fraser Tolmie was a 19th-century Scottish-born physician, fur trader, and naturalist who played a significant role in the early history and exploration of the Pacific Northwest.

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instanceOf fur trader
person
physician
politician
associatedWith Coast Salish peoples NERFINISHED
Nisqually region NERFINISHED
Puget Sound NERFINISHED
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED
birthDate 1812-02-03
birthPlace Inverness, Scotland NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 19th century
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfBirth Scotland
deathDate 1886-12-08
employer Hudson's Bay Company NERFINISHED
ethnicOrigin Scottish
familyName Tolmie NERFINISHED
fatherInLaw John Work NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork fur trade
medicine
natural history
givenName William
hasNamesake Mount Tolmie NERFINISHED
Tolmie Peak NERFINISHED
Tolmie State Park NERFINISHED
knownFor botanical collecting in the Pacific Northwest
early exploration of the Pacific Northwest
medical practice in Hudson's Bay Company forts
role in early history of Vancouver Island
languageSpoken English
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED
movedTo Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED
Vancouver Island NERFINISHED
name William Fraser Tolmie NERFINISHED
notableWork comparative vocabulary of Indigenous languages of the Northwest Coast
numberOfChildren 12
occupation fur trader
naturalist
physician
politician
positionHeld member of the Executive Council of Vancouver Island
member of the Legislative Assembly of Vancouver Island
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Victoria, Vancouver Island NERFINISHED
spouse Jane Work NERFINISHED
studied Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest
botany of the Pacific Northwest
workedAt Fort Nisqually NERFINISHED
Fort Vancouver NERFINISHED

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Tolmie State Park namedAfter William Fraser Tolmie