Charles Frederick Tyrwhitt-Drake (2 January 1846 – 23 June 1874) was an explorer, naturalist, archaeologist, and linguist. He died during the PEF Survey of Palestine.
He was the youngest son of Colonel W. Tyrwhitt Drake.
In May 7 1873 he participated in the consecration of the first known masonic lodge in Palestine “Royal Solomon Mother Lodge N° 293” in Zedekiah cave Jerusalem[1] as acting secretary.
He died of fever on 23 June 1874 at Jerusalem, aged only 28.[2]
Richard Francis Burton wrote after his death that: "He was my inseparable companion during the rest of our stay in Palestine, and never did I travel with any man whose disposition was so well adapted to make a first-rate explorer".[3]
Publications
'Notes on the Birds of Tangier and Eastern Morocco’ (‘Ibis,’ 1867, p. 421); ‘Further Notes’ on the same (‘Ibis,’ 1869, p. 147);
The map, illustrations, and sketches to accompany Professor Palmer's account of the Desert of Tih (Palestine Exploration Fund April 1871);
Burton, R. F.; Tyrwhitt-Drake, C. F. (1872). Unexplored Syria: Visits to the Libanus, the Tulúl el Safá, the Anti-Libanus, the northern Libanus, and the 'Aláh. Vol. 2. Tinsley Brothers.
Drake, Charles Frederick Tyrwhitt (1877). The Literary Remains of the Late Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake. R. Bentley.
Tyrwhitt-Drake, Charles F. (1872). "Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake's reports". Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 4: 7-11, 36-46, 77-91, 174-193.
References
^Macdonald, Colin Neil (2007). Warren! : the bond of brotherhood. [Singapore]: Colin Neil Macdonald. p. 36. ISBN 978-981-05-9083-3. OCLC 220646748.
^ Works related to Drake, Charles Francis Tyrwhitt (DNB00) at Wikisource