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Sir Samuel White Baker KCB FRS FRGS (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt.
Sir Samuel White Baker (born June 8, 1821, London, Eng.—died Dec. 30, 1893, Sanford Orleigh, Devon) was an English explorer who, with John Hanning Speke, helped to locate the sources of the Nile River. The son of a merchant, Baker lived on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius (1843–45) and in Ceylon (1846–55) before traveling through the ...
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Learn about the origins and evolution of Sotheby's, the oldest and largest fine art auctioneers in the world. Samuel Baker, a bookseller and entrepreneur, founded the company in 1744 and sold books, prints, coins and antiquities.
Mar 8, 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of Samuel Baker, who transformed his book business into a professional auction house in 18th century London. Discover how he sold rare and noble libraries to kings, nobles and collectors, and laid the foundation for Sotheby’s 275-year history.
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Learn about the life and adventures of Samuel White Baker, a Victorian explorer who fought against the slave trade in Africa and discovered the source of the Nile. Read how he used his rifle \"Baby\" to hunt elephants, buffaloes, and leopards, and how he rescued his future wife from a harem.
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Sir Samuel White Baker (June 8, 1821 - December 30, 1893) was an English explorer to Africa. Seeking the headwaters of the Nile River, he explored the tributaries of the Upper Nile River and discovered Lake Albert. An abolitionist after a fashion, he sought to suppress the slave trade in the southern Sudan and bought a woman from the white ...
May 7, 2017 · In 1869, Sir Samuel Baker set off from Egypt in an expedition to abolish slavery in the upper reaches of the Nile. My great great grandfather Charles Robert Owen Jarvis was on that expedition, acting as the Chief Shipwright.
