John Jackson (travel writer)

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John Jackson (died 1807) was a British traveller and writer.

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Life

Jackson was a wine merchant of the Vintners' Company, at 31 Clement's Lane, City of London by 1785. [1] He travelled to India on business; and on 4 May 1797 left Bombay by country ship for Bassora on his way home. He went by way of the River Euphrates and River Tigris to Baghdad. His route then took him through Kurdistan, Anatolia, Bulgaria, Wallachia, and Transylvania. He reached Hamburg on 28 October 1797. [2]

City of London City and county in United Kingdom

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Baghdad Capital of Iraq

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Kurdistan region in Middle East home to the Kurds

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Jackson was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 2 February 1804. He died in 1807. [2]

Society of Antiquaries of London British learned society for archaeologists

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Works

Jackson published: [2]

In 1803 he communicated to the Society of Antiquaries an account of excavations made under his directions among the ruins of Carthage and Udena, published in Archæologia , vol. xv., 1806. [2]

Carthage archaeological site in Tunisia

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Notes

  1. ↑ Baigent, Elizabeth. "Jackson, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14531.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Jackson, John (d.1807)"  . Dictionary of National Biography . 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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