Abbadie, ANTOINE THOMSON

Abbadie, ANTOINE THOMSON and ARNOULD-MICHEL D', born in Dublin of French family, the former in 1810, the latter in 1815. Educated in France, they became famous as travellers in Abyssinia between 1837 and 1848. The elder brother published on his return a catalogue of Ethiopian MSS., the Géodésie d'Éthiopie (1860-73); in 1881 a Dictionary of the Amarinna (Amharic) language; and in 1890 Géographie de l'Éthiopie. The younger, who died in 1893, published his Douze Ans dans la Haute-Éthiopie (1868) and studies in Basque. The elder died in 1897.