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Thomas Bridges (c. 1842 – 1898) was an Anglican missionary and linguist, the first to set up a successful mission to the indigenous peoples in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago shared by Argentina and Chile. Adopted and raised in England by George Pakenham Despard, he accompanied his father to Chile with the Patagonian Missionary Society. After an attack by indigenous people, in 1869 Bridges' father, Despard, left the mission at Keppel Island of the Falkland Islands, to return with his family to England. At the age of 17, Bridges stayed with the mission as its new superintendent. In the late 1860s, he worked to set up a mission at what is now the town of Ushuaia along the southern shore of Tierra del Fuego Island.

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  • Thomas Bridges (Bristol, Inglaterra, 1842 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898) fue un misionero inglés, el primer hombre blanco en vivir en Tierra del Fuego. Tras abandonar la misión que había fundado en la actual ubicación de la ciudad de Ushuaia, fundó la Estancia Harberton en el año 1886. (es)
  • Thomas Bridges (* 1842 in Bristol, England; † 15. Juli 1898 in Buenos Aires, Argentinien) war ein englisch-argentinischer anglikanischer Missionar, Sprachwissenschaftler und Großgrundbesitzer. Bekannt ist er vor allem wegen seiner Missionierungstätigkeit unter den aussterbenden Indianerstämmen auf Feuerland, als Autor eines umfassenden Wörterbuches zur Sprache der Yámana und als Gründer der ersten Schaffarm am Beagle-Kanal, der . (de)
  • Thomas Bridges (Bristol, Ingalaterra, 1842 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898) misiolari ingelesa izan zen, Suaren Lurraldean bizi izan zen lehen gizon zuria. Ushuaia hiriaren egungo kokalekuan sortu zuen misioa utzi ondoren, 1886an Harberton Estantzia sortu zuen. (eu)
  • Thomas Bridges né en 1842 à Bristol et mort le 15 juillet 1898 à Buenos Aires, est un missionnaire anglican, linguiste et propriétaire britannique de la première estancia de Terre de Feu en 1886. (fr)
  • Thomas Bridges (c. 1842 – 1898) was an Anglican missionary and linguist, the first to set up a successful mission to the indigenous peoples in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago shared by Argentina and Chile. Adopted and raised in England by George Pakenham Despard, he accompanied his father to Chile with the Patagonian Missionary Society. After an attack by indigenous people, in 1869 Bridges' father, Despard, left the mission at Keppel Island of the Falkland Islands, to return with his family to England. At the age of 17, Bridges stayed with the mission as its new superintendent. In the late 1860s, he worked to set up a mission at what is now the town of Ushuaia along the southern shore of Tierra del Fuego Island. Ordained and married during a trip to Great Britain in 1868–1869, Bridges returned to the Falkland Islands with his wife. They settled at the mission at Ushuaia, where four of their six children were born. He continued to work with the Selk'nam (Ona) and Yaghan peoples for nearly 20 more years. On Bridges' retirement from missionary service in 1886, the Argentine government gave him a large grant of land. He became a sheep and cattle rancher. As a young man, Bridges had learned the indigenous language of Yamana and closely studied the culture over his lifetime. Over more than a decade, he compiled a grammar and dictionary in Yamana–English of more than 30,000 words. His son Lucas Bridges donated the work to the British Library of London in 1930. Part of the dictionary was published in 1933, then consisting only of the Yamana–English portion. That was edited and published commercially in 1987, since reprinted in 2011. An English–Yamana manuscript, dated 1865, was discovered in the British Library by Alfredo Prieto. The two portions have been published together online at the Patagonian Bookshelf website to provide free access. (en)
  • Thomas Bridges (1842 – Buenos Aires, 15 luglio 1898) è stato un missionario e linguista britannico, il primo a compiere con successo una missione presso i popoli indigeni della Terra del fuoco, in Argentina. Adottato e cresciuto in Inghilterra da George Pakenham Despard, accompagnò suo padre in Argentina con la Compagnia Missionaria della Patagonia. Dopo un feroce attacco indigeno, Despard lasciò la missione con sede all'isola di Keppel per tornare in Inghilterra con la sua famiglia. Alla fine degli anni sessanta del XIX secolo, Bridges lavorò nella collocazione della missione nella zona dove oggi sorge la città di Ushuaia. Preso l'ordine e sposatosi durante un viaggio in Gran Bretagna nel 1868-1869, Bridges tornò in Terra del fuoco con sua moglie. A Ushuaia nacquero quattro dei loro sei figli. Egli continuò a lavorare con i Selk'nam e gli Yamana per quasi vent'anni, finché l'arrivo del governo argentino, il quale si limitò solo a rivendicare la sovranità su quella zona senza interferire nei lavori della missione, cambiò comunque la situazione in quella parte di mondo (si pensi che, non appena gli argentini tornarono a nord dopo la prima visita, un'epidemia di morbillo si diffuse ad Ushuaia uccidendo quasi la metà degli Yamana presenti). Quando, per una serie di fattori che si aggiungono al discorso epidemico, Bridges rinunciò a portare avanti ulteriormente la missione, il governo argentino gli diede un gran pezzo di terra su cui il missionario costruì una tenuta di 50.000 acri. Bridges è noto soprattutto per il contributo dato nello studio della lingua Yamana, una lingua sottovalutata da molti degli inglesi che erano stati impegnati nella missione in loco precedentemente. Imparò il linguaggio indigeno da giovane, accompagnando a tale studio quello della cultura di quel popolo. Compilò una grammatica e un dizionario Inglese-Yamana che contava circa 32.000 parole; si consideri che Despard ed altri missionari, negli anni precedenti, sostenevano di avere la padronanza dello Yamana conoscendo appena 700 parole. Il figlio di Thomas, Lucas Bridges, donò il lavoro alla British Library di Londra nel 1930. (it)
  • Thomas Bridges (ur. 1842 w Bristolu, zm. 15 lipca 1898 w Buenos Aires) – anglikański misjonarz i językoznawca. W 1869 roku założył pierwszą anglikańską misję na Ziemi Ognistej. Opracował słownik angielsko-. Zmarł 15 lipca 1898 w Buenos Aires. Został pochowany na cmentarzu La Chacarita. (pl)
  • Thomas Bridges, född 1842 och död 1898, var en anglikansk missionär och etnografisk forskare. Bridges grundade 1884 en missionsstation bland Selk'nam-folket på eldslandet, bland vilka han bedrev grundläggande forskningar. (sv)
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  • Thomas Bridges (Bristol, Inglaterra, 1842 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898) fue un misionero inglés, el primer hombre blanco en vivir en Tierra del Fuego. Tras abandonar la misión que había fundado en la actual ubicación de la ciudad de Ushuaia, fundó la Estancia Harberton en el año 1886. (es)
  • Thomas Bridges (* 1842 in Bristol, England; † 15. Juli 1898 in Buenos Aires, Argentinien) war ein englisch-argentinischer anglikanischer Missionar, Sprachwissenschaftler und Großgrundbesitzer. Bekannt ist er vor allem wegen seiner Missionierungstätigkeit unter den aussterbenden Indianerstämmen auf Feuerland, als Autor eines umfassenden Wörterbuches zur Sprache der Yámana und als Gründer der ersten Schaffarm am Beagle-Kanal, der . (de)
  • Thomas Bridges (Bristol, Ingalaterra, 1842 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1898) misiolari ingelesa izan zen, Suaren Lurraldean bizi izan zen lehen gizon zuria. Ushuaia hiriaren egungo kokalekuan sortu zuen misioa utzi ondoren, 1886an Harberton Estantzia sortu zuen. (eu)
  • Thomas Bridges né en 1842 à Bristol et mort le 15 juillet 1898 à Buenos Aires, est un missionnaire anglican, linguiste et propriétaire britannique de la première estancia de Terre de Feu en 1886. (fr)
  • Thomas Bridges (ur. 1842 w Bristolu, zm. 15 lipca 1898 w Buenos Aires) – anglikański misjonarz i językoznawca. W 1869 roku założył pierwszą anglikańską misję na Ziemi Ognistej. Opracował słownik angielsko-. Zmarł 15 lipca 1898 w Buenos Aires. Został pochowany na cmentarzu La Chacarita. (pl)
  • Thomas Bridges, född 1842 och död 1898, var en anglikansk missionär och etnografisk forskare. Bridges grundade 1884 en missionsstation bland Selk'nam-folket på eldslandet, bland vilka han bedrev grundläggande forskningar. (sv)
  • Thomas Bridges (c. 1842 – 1898) was an Anglican missionary and linguist, the first to set up a successful mission to the indigenous peoples in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago shared by Argentina and Chile. Adopted and raised in England by George Pakenham Despard, he accompanied his father to Chile with the Patagonian Missionary Society. After an attack by indigenous people, in 1869 Bridges' father, Despard, left the mission at Keppel Island of the Falkland Islands, to return with his family to England. At the age of 17, Bridges stayed with the mission as its new superintendent. In the late 1860s, he worked to set up a mission at what is now the town of Ushuaia along the southern shore of Tierra del Fuego Island. (en)
  • Thomas Bridges (1842 – Buenos Aires, 15 luglio 1898) è stato un missionario e linguista britannico, il primo a compiere con successo una missione presso i popoli indigeni della Terra del fuoco, in Argentina. (it)
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