Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
Name Entries
person
Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Baker
Forename :
Samuel White
NameAddition :
Sir
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Latn
authorizedForm
rda
Бейкер, Самюэл Уайт, 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Бейкер
Forename :
Самюэл Уайт
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Cyrl
alternativeForm
rda
Baker, Samuel W. (Samuel White), 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Baker
Forename :
Samuel W.
NameExpansion :
Samuel White
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Latn
alternativeForm
rda
Бэкер, Самюэль Уайт, 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Бэкер
Forename :
Самюэль Уайт
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Cyrl
alternativeForm
rda
Baker, S. W. (Samuel White), 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Baker
Forename :
S. W.
NameExpansion :
Samuel White
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Latn
alternativeForm
rda
Беккер, Самюэл Уайт, 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Беккер
Forename :
Самюэл Уайт
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Cyrl
alternativeForm
rda
Baker, Sam, 1821-1893
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Surname :
Baker
Forename :
Sam
Date :
1821-1893
eng
Latn
alternativeForm
rda
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Samuel White Baker was born in London and educated in England and Germany. His father, a merchant with the West India Company, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but young Samuel chose instead the life of an adventurer. He founded an immigrant colony in Ceylon, published several books on hunting, supervised the construction of a railway connecting the Danube with the Black Sea, and bought a Hungarian slave girl in Bulgaria (whom he rechristened "Florence" and eventually married). She accompanied him on his explorations of Central Africa where information from two other explorers, John Speke and James Grant, led him to discover Albert N'yanza (Lake Albert), through which flows the Nile. Both the Royal Geographical Society and the Paris Geographical Society awarded him gold medals for his journeys, and he was knighted in 1866. In 1869 Sir Samuel commanded a military expedition to the Nile regions of Africa to suppress the slave-trade there and open the way for commerce; for this he was given the rank of pasha and major-general in the Ottoman army. In 1874 he and Lady Baker returned to England where he purchased Sandford Orleigh, an estate in Devon. Baker continued to travel the globe for big-game hunting and for pleasure, wrote a number of books based on his experiences, and corresponded regularly with a number of people on Egyptian affairs. He died at Sandford Orleigh in 1893.
African explorer and traveller.
English explorer in Africa.
British author and traveler.
Epithet: explorer
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/4971822
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79138570
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79138570
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q376087
https://viaf.org/viaf/287249062
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
eng
Zyyy
Subjects
Explorers and exploration
Nationalities
Britons
Activities
Occupations
Cartographer
Explorers
Legal Statuses
Places
Ceylon, Asia
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Essay, France
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Devonport, Devon
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
South Africa, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Sudan, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Africa, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Borneo, Indonsesia
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Sudan
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Egypt, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Ramba Wihara, Ceylon
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Scotland, United Kingdom
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Palestine, Asia Minor
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Rouen, France
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Neufchâtel-en-Bray al. Chateauneuf de Lincourt, Seine-Inférieure
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Egypt, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Peking, Chihli, China
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Cyprus, Asia Minor
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States of America
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Ethiopia, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Central Africa, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
China, Asia
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Exmes, France
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Uganda, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Sudan, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
India, Asia
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Ratnapura, Ceylon
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Basutoland, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Antwerp, Belgium
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
South Africa, Africa
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>