William Fraser Tolmie 1812-1886

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A Scottish surgeon, Hudson's Bay Company fur trader, and prominent politician in British Columbia. In addition to his political career, he was a pioneering ethnologist and botanist who recorded invaluable early vocabularies of Pacific Northwest Indigenous languages.

 

Biographical Overview

• Lived from 1812 to 1886
• Born: Feb 3, 1812, Inverness, Scotland
• Died: Dec 8, 1886, Victoria, BC

 

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Last updated: 2026-09-30