Richard Francis Burton
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, KCMG, FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, scholar and military officer. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and South America, as well as his extensive knowledge of languages and cultures, speaking up to 29 different languages.Born in Torquay, Devon, Burton joined the Bombay Army as an officer in 1842, beginning an eighteen-year military career which including a brief stint in the Crimean War. He was subsequently engaged by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) to explore the East African coast, where Burton along with John Hanning Speke led an expedition to discover the source of the Nile and became the first European known to have seen Lake Tanganyika. He later served as the British consul in Fernando Pó, Santos, Damascus and Trieste. Burton was also a Fellow of the RGS and was awarded a knighthood in 1886.
His best-known achievements include undertaking the Hajj to Mecca in disguise, translating ''One Thousand and One Nights'' and ''The Perfumed Garden'', publishing the ''Kama Sutra'' in English and attempting to discover the source of the Nile. Although he abandoned his university studies, Burton became a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and academic articles on subjects such as human behaviour, travel, falconry, fencing, sexual practices and ethnography. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1924
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Published 1926
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Published 1856
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Published 1964
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Published 1963
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Published 1917
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Published 1856
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Published 1994
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Published 1966
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Published 1884
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