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Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Higginson (January 9, 1794 – January 22, 1884) was an Irish-born soldier, civic official and politician in Ontario, Canada.〔 ==Overview== The son of Boyd Higginson and Jane Crawford, he was born in County Antrim and came to Canada in 1819 with his three older brothers, settling in Hawkesbury. In the same year, before leaving Ireland, he had married Nancy Agnes Park.. Thomas Higginson contributed to social, educational and spiritual development of Vankleek Hill, Ontario and district during the early stages of community formation. He was the second postmaster of Vankleek Hill; the first was Neil Stewart who served when the post office was established in 1827. Neil Stewart and Thomas Higginson were the first to represent the district of West Hawkesbury c. 1844 on the newly established district council. He was Superintendent of Schools for Prescott and Russell for many years, an Agent for the Bank of Upper Canada for the transmission of the proceeds of sales of public lands, and a member of the County Council.〔 Lieutenant-Colonel Higginson was founder of the Mechanics' Institute in Vankleek Hill in 1857 and its first president. According to diary entries by Thomas Tweed Higginson, for March 30, 1859, “Uncle Thomas preparing a lecture to be delivered before the Mechanic’s Institute: ‘The Change of the Earth’s Surface’.” In 1856 St. John’s Anglican Church was completed on land owned by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Higginson. Before this, Lieutenant-Colonel Higginson was involved in establishing a Sunday School that served Vankleek Hill. The first issue of the weekly news publication ''The Economist'' in Vankleek Hill in 1858 was edited by Rupert Mearse Wells (later Speaker of the Provincial Legislature) and contained articles and poetry by Lieutenant-Colonel Higginson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Higginson (soldier)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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