Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927
Variant namesBritish explorer, botanist, zoologist, artist, and pioneer colonial administrator. He was closely involved in what has been called the Scramble for Africa by 19th-century colonial powers and between 1888 and 1891; he exercised much influence on British African policy. From 1891 to 1895 he served as the first British consul general and commissioner in Nyasaland (now Malawi) and obtained the treaties on which the United Kingdom based its claims to Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia. He served two years as consul general in Tunis and was special commissioner in Uganda from 1899-1901. He published 40 books on African subjects and was knighted in 1896.
From the description of Papers, 1904-1920. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 436459943
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| referencedIn | Century Company records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | Thomson, George Wyville. West Africa Scrapbook, [187-?] - 1886. | Boston College. John J. Burns Library | |
| referencedIn | Danvers, Alan. Journal, 1892-1897. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Correspondence and compositions collected by The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 1878-1923. | Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Papers of the British South Africa Company (the Cawston Papers), 1888-1911 | The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House | |
| referencedIn | Letters from various correspondents, 1921-1951. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton, c.1919 | School of Oriental and African Studies | |
| referencedIn | Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927. Papers, 1904-1920. | Indiana University | |
| referencedIn | Littleton, Algernon Charles. Papers, 1861-1906. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library |
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| associatedWith | Cawston, George | person |
| correspondedWith | Century Company | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Danvers, Alan. | person |
| correspondedWith | Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 | person |
| associatedWith | Leach, Henry Goddard, 1880-1970 | person |
| associatedWith | Littleton, Algernon Charles. | person |
| correspondedWith | Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 | person |
| correspondedWith | Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 | person |
| associatedWith | Thomson, George Wyville. | person |
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Birth 1858-06-12
Death 1927-08-31
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