John Hanning Speke

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British Army officer explorer human

John Hanning Speke was a 19th-century British explorer best known for his expeditions in East Africa and for identifying Lake Victoria as the principal source of the Nile.

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John Hanning Speke canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ
surface form: Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal
birthDate 1827-05-04 ⓘ
burialPlace Dowlish Wake ⓘ
England ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
causeOfDeath hunting accident ⓘ
coExplorer James Augustus Grant ⓘ
Richard Francis Burton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1864-09-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Barnstaple Grammar School ⓘ
Blundell’s School ⓘ
surface form: Blundell's School
explored East Africa ⓘ
Lake Victoria ⓘ
Somaliland ⓘ
familyName Speke ⓘ
genre travel writing ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasInfluenced geographical understanding of the Nile basin ⓘ
knownFor discoveries relating to Lake Victoria ⓘ
expeditions in East Africa ⓘ
search for the source of the Nile ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
militaryBranch British Indian Army ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile ⓘ
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile ⓘ
exploration of East Africa ⓘ
identification of Lake Victoria as a source of the Nile ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn Burton–Speke expedition to East Africa ⓘ
Anglo-Sikh Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Anglo-Sikh War

Nile source expedition with James Augustus Grant ⓘ
Second Anglo-Sikh War ⓘ
explorations of the Horn of Africa ⓘ
placeOfBirth Buckland Brewer ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
Neston Park ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
near Corsham ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Victoria Nile → discoveredByEuropeans → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Ripon Falls → namedBy → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Ripon Falls → discoveryByEuropeans → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Ripon Falls → associatedExplorer → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Speke Monument → dedicatedTo → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Speke Monument → honours → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Speke Monument → commemorates → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Speke Monument → subjectOfCommemoration → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Speke Monument → namedAfter → John Hanning Speke ⓘ
Speke family → hasMember → John Hanning Speke ⓘ