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John Petherick was a traveller in East Central Africa. He entered the service of Mehemet Ali, and was employed in examining Upper Egypt, Nubia, the Red Sea coast and Kordofan in an unsuccessful search for coal, 1845-1848; trader at El Obeid, the capital of Kordofan, 1848; British consular agent for Sudan; ivory trader in Khartum, 1853; travelled extensively in the Bahr-el-Ghazal region, then almost unknown, exploring the Jur River, Yalo and other affluents of the Bahr el Ghazal river; explored the Niam-Niam country, 1858; returned to England, 1859; British consul in Sudan, 1861; Royal Geographical Society mission to convey to Gondokoro relief stores for Captains Speke and Grant, 1862; returned to England, 1865, and adopted the profession of mining engineer; died, 1882.