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Life of Sir Richard Francis Burton Soldier, explorer, linguist, ethnologist, and controversialist. Mostly self-educated, he mastered half a dozen Eastern languages after joining the Army of the East India Company in 1842, and produced ground-breaking ethnological studies of Sindh in the early 1850s.
Jul 23, 2015 · Richard Francis Burton: The Englishman Who Went to Mecca and East Africa. by Jason Kerstein. Richard Francis Burton was a hard-living combination of Thomas Jefferson and Teddy...
Sir Richard Francis Burton, c. 1870 © Burton was a Victorian explorer, writer and translator, known for his travels in Asia and Africa. Richard Francis Burton was born in Devon on 19...
May 17, 2018 · An adventurer with a gift for languages, Sir Richard Francis Burton was the first European to reach many of the once forbidden areas of the world, including many ancient Muslim cities, as well as Lake Tanganyika during his quest for the source of the Nile River. He wrote extensively of his travels, publishing 43 volumes and providing invaluable ...
Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS ( / ˈbɜːrtən /; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier. He was famed for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures.
The Complete Works of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, including his journal articles, together with the standard biographies, numerous portraits, images and critical commentary.
Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821-1890. Explorer, ethnographer, and man of letters. Pilgrim to Mecca and Harar; discoverer of Lake Tanganyika; translator of the Arabian Nights; controversialist and iconoclast. This site intends to provide everything known to be written by Burton.
