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Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC (1 January 1793 – 20 July 1875) was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837 . Biography. Head was an officer in the corps of Royal Engineers of the British Army from 1811 to 1825; as such he earned a Waterloo Medal. Afterwards, he attempted to set up a mining company in Argentina.
29 de ene. de 2008 · Sir Francis Bond Head, soldier, author, colonial administrator (b at Higham, Eng 1 Jan 1793; d at Croydon, Eng 20 July 1875). Descended from the minor gentry, Head served in the Royal Engineers. Retiring as a major (1825), he became a mining supervisor in S America and earned the nickname "Galloping Head" for his rides across the Andes.
Head's narrative romanticizes both the landscapes and the popula-tions he encounters, idealizing the Gauchos with whom he travels and the Indians who both frighten and fascinate him. First published in London in 1826 and widely read and reviewed at the time, Head's Head (1793-1875) was a military engineer who fought at Waterloo. After retiring
Leer obra. Concordancias. Título: Las Pampas y Los Andes / F.B. Head ( en Formato HTML) Autor: Head, Francis B. Publicación: Alicante : Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2003. Notas de reproducción original: Edición digital basada en la de Buenos Aires, Hyspamerica, 1986. Idioma: español. Encabezamiento de materia:
Correr para contarla: los apuntes sudamericanos de Francis Bond Head. Título del libro: Viajes y viajeros: un itinerario bibliográfico. Roman, Claudia Andrea ; Fontana, Patricio Miguel. Otros responsables: González, Horacio. Fecha de publicación: 2013. Editorial: Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina. ISBN: 978-987-1741-73-1.
Biography – HEAD, Sir FRANCIS BOND – Volume X (1871-1880) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Source: Courtesy of Toronto Public Library/ DC-OHQ-PICTURES-S-R-491. HEAD, Sir FRANCIS BOND, soldier, author, and colonial administrator; b. 1 Jan. 1793, at The Hermitage, Higham, Kent, Eng., son of James Roper Mendes Head and Frances Anne ...
25 de jul. de 2013 · Sir Francis Bond Head, the new lieutenant-governor, was sent to Upper Canada to appease the reformers in the Assembly. However, he succeeded in helping to cause the rebellion. He openly assisted the conservatives in winning the election of 1836.
