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C. T. (Charles Thomas) Paske
A British military surgeon turned travel writer, he left behind a vivid account of life in nineteenth-century Burma. His work blends firsthand observation with the eye of someone who spent years moving through the region in official service.
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Life and Travel in Lower Burmah: A Retrospect
by C. T. (Charles Thomas) Paske
About the author
Born in India in 1830, Charles Thomas Paske trained as a surgeon and joined the Bengal Medical Service in 1852. Records connected with his military career place him in Burma for extended periods, and those years later shaped the travel writing for which he is best remembered.
Paske is chiefly known for Life and Travel in Lower Burmah: A Retrospect and for Sunny Dover, Then and Now. His writing draws on personal experience and offers readers a window into travel, daily life, and the colonial world of the late nineteenth century.
He died in 1920. Although he is not widely known today, his books still interest readers looking for firsthand historical accounts of Burma and other places seen through a Victorian-era traveler’s eyes.