Person    | Male  Born 19/3/1821  Died 20/10/1890

Richard Francis Burton

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Africa, Indian Sub-continent

Explorer. Born Devon. He and his wife Isabel, have a very unusual tomb at St Mary Magdalen, Worple Road, Mortlake.

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Richard Francis Burton

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Speke

'Victoria Nyanza' means 'Lake Victoria'.

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Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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John Hanning Speke

John Hanning Speke

Explorer. Born Devon. The first European, while on an expedition with Richard Burton to East Africa in 1858, to discover Lake Victoria. On a subsequent journey with James Grant in 1862, he confirme...

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William Gibson

William Gibson

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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1 memorial
John Lane

John Lane

Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

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South Place Chapel

South Place Chapel

A radical nonconformist congregation, led by William Johnson Fox moved from Bishopsgate premises into this purpose-built Chapel at South Place, Finsbury. In 1926 the South Place Ethical Society sol...

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