John THOMSON [1837-1921]
John Thomson was a photographer who took some of the earliest photographs of China and Hong Kong in the 1860s and early 1870s. There is currently an exhibition of some of John Thomson's photographs (including some taken in Hong Kong) at the Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, until March 2022.
The following is an extract from an article published on the BBC website on 3 October 2021, "The pioneering Scots photographer who captured China":