Background
Tjader, Richard was born on April 21, 1869 in Karlskrona, Sweden. Son of Karl Jacob and Thecla Maria (Slöör) Tjader.
Tjader, Richard was born on April 21, 1869 in Karlskrona, Sweden. Son of Karl Jacob and Thecla Maria (Slöör) Tjader.
Edward high schools, Stockholm and Upsala, Sweden, and college at Berlin, 1890-1891. Came to the United States, November 11, 1898.
Into East Africa, 1906, for American Museum Natural History, securing new species of antelopes, a waterbuck and a bushbock (both named after him), and numerous specimens of other animals. President of the Marine Efficiency Company Author: Heils and Lobgesänge (German), 1892. Bibelns Triumf (Swedish), 1897.
The Big Game of Africa, 1910.
Inventor of Tjader Interdeck-Davitt, device for lowering of lifeboats from between decks of vessels. Home: Rowayton, Connecticut
Married Margaret B. Thorne, September 19, 1899.