Thomas Crosby (21 June 1840 – 13 January 1914) was an English Methodist missionary known for his work among the First Nations people of coastal British Columbia, Canada.
At that time, Lax Kw'alaams was without a minister and oriented around a Hudson's Bay Company fort with its attendant social problems.
Alfred and Kate Dudoward pressed the Methodist church to commit a missionary to their village, and in 1874 Crosby was sent there.
Initially, his arrival caused Duncan to intensify his efforts to convert Lax Kw'alaams people from his new home base at Metlakatla.
's First Nations, including David Sallosalton, named for an early protégé of Crosby's, a catechist from the Coast Salish people.
Up and down the North Pacific Coast by Canoe and Mission Ship describes his Lax Kw'alaams years.