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See also:PETHERICK, See also:JOHN (1813–1882) , Welsh traveller in See also:East Central See also:Africa, was See also:born in See also:Glamorganshire, and adopted the profession of See also:mining engineer. In 1845 he entered the service of Mehemet All, and was employed in examining Upper See also:Egypt, See also:Nubia, the Red See also:Sea See also:coast and See also:Kordofan in an unsuccessful See also:search for See also:coal. In 1848 Petherick See also:left the See also:Egyptian service and established himself at El Obeid, the See also:capital of Kordofan, as a trader, dealing largely in See also:- GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in
gum arabic. He was at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time made See also:British consular See also:agent for the See also:Sudan. In 1853 he removed to See also:Khartum and became an See also:ivory trader. He travelled extensively in the See also:Bahr-el-Ghazal region, then almost unknown, exploring the See also:Jur, Yalo and other affluents of the Ghazal. In 1858 he penetrated to the Niam-Niam See also:country. His additions to the knowledge of natural See also:history were considerable, among his discoveries being the Cobus maria (Mrs See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
Gray's See also:waterbuck) and the Balaeniceps rex (See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white-headed See also:stork). Petherick returned to See also:England in 1859 where he made the acquaintance of J. H. See also:Speke, then arranging for his expedition to discover the source of the See also:Nile. While in England Petherick married, and published an See also:account of his travels. He returned to the Sudan in 1861, accompanied by his wife and with the See also:rank of See also:consul. He was entrusted with a See also:mission by the Royal See also:Geographical Society to convey to See also:Gondokoro See also:relief stores for Captains Speke and See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant. Petherick got boats to Gondokoro in 1862, but Speke and Grant had not arrived. Having arranged for a native force to proceed See also:south to get in See also:touch with the absentees, a task successfully accomplished, Mr and Mrs Petherick under-took another See also:journey in the Bahr-el-Ghazal, making important collections of See also:plants and fishes. They regained Gondokoro (where one of their boats with stores was already stationed) in See also:February 1863, four days after the arrival of Speke and Grant, who had meantime accepted the hospitality of Mr (afterwards See also:Sir) See also:Samuel See also:Baker. The See also:charge that Petherick failed to meet his engagement to those travellers is unsubstantiated. A further charge that Petherick had countenanced and even taken See also:part in the slave See also:trade was subsequently shown to have no See also:foundation (Petherick in fact had endeavoured to stop the See also:traffic), but it led See also:Earl See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, then secretary for See also:foreign affairs, to abolish the British consulate at Khartum (1864). In 1865 the Pethericks returned to England, and in 1869 published Travels in Central Africa and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries, in which See also:book are set out the details of the Speke controversy. Petherick died in See also:London, on the 15th of See also:July 1882.
End of Article: PETHERICK, JOHN (1813–1882)
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