# Thomas Falkner

> Thomas Falkner was an English Jesuit missionary, explorer and physician, active in the Patagonia region for nearly forty years. His primary work, The Description of Patagonia, was written towards the idea of English colonization, but it remains valuable as a record of early life, flora and fauna of the region. He is credited with recording the first fossil in present-day Argentina.

*British missionary*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1702-10-06
- **Died:** 1784-01-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 15.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7789508)

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