The Russell E. Train Africana Collection, 1663-1996.

Stanley, Henry Morton, 1841-1904

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Henry Morton Stanley, in full Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known as John Rowlands, also known by his Congolese byname Bula Matari, or Breaker of Rocks. Stanley was born on January 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. He died on May 10, 1904, London, England. He was a British American explorer of central Africa, who became famous for his rescue of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone and for his discoveries in and development of the Congo region. He was knighted in 1899....

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893

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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 acc...

Dugmore, A. Radclyffe (Arthur Radclyffe,), 1870-1955

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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926

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Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni), 1835-1903

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Explorer and anthropologist. From the description of Letter : to dear friend Philipps, 1868 Mar. 17. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57054222 Explorer and author. From the description of Papers of Paul Belloni du Chaillu [manuscript], 1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647811989 African explorer. From the description of Paul B. Du Chaillu letters [manuscript], 1894-1899. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record...

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

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Richard Francis Burton was born March 19, 1821, at Torquay; he was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, but did not take a degree. He became a noted linguist, writer, translator and explorer; he is probably best known for his translations of the works of The Arabian Nights and The Kama Sutra..., as well as his travels in Africa, the Middle East, South America and Iceland. Isabel Arundell was born March 20, 1831, in London, of an old, established Roman Catholic family. In 1861, afte...

Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972

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Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000130 Artist and explorer. Baines accompanied exploring expeditions in North-west Australia. From the description of Blue Jacket journal and chronicle of the blue waters [manuscript]. 1855. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225641558 Artist and explorer. Appointed artist and storekeeper on the North Australian Expedition under t...

Glave, E. J. (Edward James)

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Edward James Glave was one of the great explorers of the 19th century. He spent six years in Africa and was asked to join the "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" Expedition to Alaska in 1890. From the description of E. J. Glave collection, 1889-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42065505 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Train, Russell Eroll, 1920-2012

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Conservationist, jurist, and EPA administrator. From the description of Russell E. Train papers, 1898-2005 (bulk 1957-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132930 Russell Errol Train was born in Jamestown, Rhode Island, on June 4, 1920. He graduated from Princeton University (B.A., 1941), and from Columbia University Law School (L.L.B., 1948). He held positions on various Congressional committees (1949-1956) and was a judge for the United States Tax Court (1957-1965). Trai...

Livingstone, David, 1813-1873

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Epithet: African explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x00031a Scottish missionary and explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Claremont, Mauritius, to Captain L.W. Peyton of H.M.S. "Frolic", 1856 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590502 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Kuruman (Bechuana country, South Africa), to [R.N.] Hayward, in ...

Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917

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Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

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American naturalist. From the description of Baja California field notes, 1902 Feb. 16-Nov. 25. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 33320665 Edmund Heller (1875-1939) was born in Freeport, Illinois, and later moved to California where he entered Stanford University in 1896. During his stay at Stanford, Heller collected natural history specimens in the Galapagos Islands and was employed by the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agr...

Train, Russell E

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Nelson, Robert Henry, 1853-1892.

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