Thomas Brunner
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Thomas Brunner (getauft am 22. August 1821 in Oxford, England; † 22. April 1874 in Nelson, Neuseeland) war ein in England geborener Landvermesser und Entdecker, dessen Vorfahren während der Französischen Revolution aus der Schweiz nach England auswanderten und der vor allem die Westküsten-Region auf der Südinsel Neuseelands erforschte. Nach ihm ist der Lake Brunner benannt. Er und Charles Heaphy erforschten als erste Europäer das Gebiet der Tahu-Māori und erkannten, dass der Aoraki/Mount Cook der höchste Berg Neuseelands ist.
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Thomas Brunner (baptisé le 22 août 1821 à Oxford, Angleterre, décédé le 22 avril 1874 à Nelson, Nouvelle-Zélande) est un géomètre-expert anglais et un explorateur, célèbre avant tout pour avoir exploré les régions côtières occidentales de l'Île Sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande. La ville de Brunner (Nouvelle-Zélande) et le , sur l'Île Sud, sont nommés à la mémoire de Thomas Brunner.
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Thomas Brunner (April 1821 – 22 April 1874) was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Brunner was born in April 1821 in Oxford. When he was fifteen, he began to learn architecture and surveying. In 1841, he joined the New Zealand Company in its venture to establish a settlement in the north of the South Island of New Zealand, to be called Nelson. As well as working as an apprentice surveyor and laying sections and roads for the new settlement, he explored the interior, seeking pastoral land for a growing colony. In 1846 he undertook extensive journeys with Charles Heaphy and a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri tohunga named Kehu towards and along the West Coast.
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Thomas Brunner (Forscher)
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Thomas Brunner
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Thomas Brunner
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Thomas Brunner (getauft am 22. August 1821 in Oxford, England; † 22. April 1874 in Nelson, Neuseeland) war ein in England geborener Landvermesser und Entdecker, dessen Vorfahren während der Französischen Revolution aus der Schweiz nach England auswanderten und der vor allem die Westküsten-Region auf der Südinsel Neuseelands erforschte. Nach ihm ist der Lake Brunner benannt. Er und Charles Heaphy erforschten als erste Europäer das Gebiet der Tahu-Māori und erkannten, dass der Aoraki/Mount Cook der höchste Berg Neuseelands ist.
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Thomas Brunner (baptisé le 22 août 1821 à Oxford, Angleterre, décédé le 22 avril 1874 à Nelson, Nouvelle-Zélande) est un géomètre-expert anglais et un explorateur, célèbre avant tout pour avoir exploré les régions côtières occidentales de l'Île Sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande. La ville de Brunner (Nouvelle-Zélande) et le , sur l'Île Sud, sont nommés à la mémoire de Thomas Brunner.
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Thomas Brunner (April 1821 – 22 April 1874) was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Brunner was born in April 1821 in Oxford. When he was fifteen, he began to learn architecture and surveying. In 1841, he joined the New Zealand Company in its venture to establish a settlement in the north of the South Island of New Zealand, to be called Nelson. As well as working as an apprentice surveyor and laying sections and roads for the new settlement, he explored the interior, seeking pastoral land for a growing colony. In 1846 he undertook extensive journeys with Charles Heaphy and a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri tohunga named Kehu towards and along the West Coast. In December 1846, Brunner commenced an expedition, accompanied by four Māori including Kehu, which began from Nelson. The party travelled down the Buller River and along the West Coast reaching as far south as Tititira Head, near Lake Paringa before returning to Nelson via the Arahura River. This arduous journey, which at one stage saw one of his legs paralysed, took him 550 days. He received honours from the Royal Geographical Society and the Société de Géographie (French Geographic Society). He continued to work as a surveyor and in 1851 was appointed Government Surveyor. He surveyed the sites, which he and Heaphy had scouted on previous explorations, for what would become the towns of Westport and Greymouth. He retired in 1869 and died of a stroke on 22 April 1874.
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