Thomas Kitchen

สถานที่: Southwark

เกิด: 1718

ความตาย: 1784

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Thomas Kitchin (also Kitchen; 1718–1784) was an English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king. He was also a writer, who wrote about the history of the West Indies. He was born in Southwark, England, and was apprenticed to Emanuel Bowen in 1732. He was originally based in Clerkenwell, but by late 1755 he was established on Holborn Hill. From 1773 he was royal hydrographer to the king. He married Sarah Bowen, daughter of Emanuel, in 1739, and then Jane, daughter of Joseph Burroughs, in 1762. He died in St Albans on 23 June 1784. Kitchin lived and worked in London until his retirement.