Papers, 1904-1920.

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Papers, 1904-1920.

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Collection includes printed forms sent out by Johnston to correspondents requesting them to gather examples of vocabulary from various African languages for research purposes and possible publication, along with various other African language wordlists.

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Indiana University

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Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927

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British 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 yea...