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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}Thomas Plantagenet Bigg-Wither (Hampshire, 16 October 1845 – High Seas, 19 July 1890) was an engineer and writer.[1]

Lovelace Bigg-Wither (1805–1874), who was Lord of the Manor at Manydown, was his father.[2] Charles Bigg Wither, a younger brother of his father, was thus his uncle.[3]

Between 1871 and 1875, he participated in an expedition in the Brazilian province of Paraná in southern Brazil.[4]

Upon returning to England, he published the book "Pioneering in South Brazil". Also published an article called "The valley of the Tibagy, Brazil" the Royal Geographical Society.[5][6]

In the 1880s, he worked as chief engineer of a railroad India. In 1890, he became ill and when he returned to England, died on the ship and was buried at sea.

References

1. ^OBITUARY. THOMAS PLANTAGENET BIGG-WITHER, 1845–1890 Virtual Library – 2015
2. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.family-forest.co.uk/familytree/groups/grpf01401.shtml |title= Lovelace Bigg-Wither & Emma Jemima Orde |publisher= Family Forest website |accessdate = 22 August 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.family-forest.co.uk/familytree/groups/grpf01415.shtml|title= Charles Bigg-Wither & Eleanor Burn |publisher= Family Forest website |accessdate = 22 August 2017}}
4. ^1872–1875 Thomas Bigg-Wither (page 27) Book Ruínas e Urubus from Fernando Costa Straube – 2015 {{pt}}
5. ^[https://archive.org/details/pioneeringinsout021878bigg Pioneering in South Brazil. Three years of forest and prairie life in the province of Paraná – original text] Archive.org – original text of book – 2015
6. ^Pioneering in south Brazil Senate of the Brazilian Government – 2015
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