Peter Perring Thoms
Peter Perring Thoms (1790-1855), an Exeter born English printer and Chinese language translator based in Canton (Guangzhou) and Macau, China.
1790 March 15th. Born in Exeter the son of Alexander Thoms and his wife Catherine.
1814 Arrived in Macau. He brought with him a European press, movable type, blanks and other printing requisites from London at the East India Company's expense to assist in the printing of Robert Morrison's A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, which contained the largest number of Chinese characters printed to date alongside extensive English text.
c1815 Possible family connection with the birth of George Peter Perring Thoms son of George Thoms
1825 Returned to England
1827 Married at Finsbury to Jane Dobson Butler
1829 Birth of son John Alexander Thoms
In the 1830s he had his own printing shop at 12 Warwick Square, London
1836 'I am a printer, and live in Warwick-square, (London)'.[1]
1841 Living at Warwick Square, printer, with wife Jane and two children.[2]
1846 ' I am a printer, and live in Warwick-square, (London)'.[3]
1851 Living at 12 Warwick Square, Christchurch, London: Peter P. Thoms (age 60 born Exeter), Printer and Stationer. With his wife Jane Dobson Butler (age 52 born London) and their two children John Alexander Thoms (age 21 born London) and Jane Ellen Thoms (age 20 born London).[4]
1855 Died. Of Foley Terrace, Pentonville.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Old Bailey online
- ↑ 1841 census
- ↑ Old Bailey online
- ↑ 1851 Census