Richard Francis Burton

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Richard Francis Burton was a 19th-century British explorer, soldier, linguist, and writer renowned for his travels in Africa and Asia and for translating works such as "The Arabian Nights" and the "Kama Sutra" into English.

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instanceOf explorer
human
linguist
soldier
translator
writer
burialPlace London NERFINISHED
Mortlake NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship British
coExplorerWith John Hanning Speke NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1821-03-19
dateOfDeath 1890-10-20
educatedAt Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED
explored Ethiopia NERFINISHED
Great Lakes region of East Africa NERFINISHED
Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED
Somaliland NERFINISHED
familyName Burton NERFINISHED
fullName Richard Francis Burton NERFINISHED
givenName Richard
hasGenre ethnography
poetry
translation
travel literature
knownFor exploration of Africa
exploration of Asia
pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise
search for the source of the Nile
unexpurgated translations of erotic and taboo texts
languagesSpokenWritten Arabic
English
French
Greek
Hindi
Italian
Latin
Persian
Urdu NERFINISHED
multiple other languages
memberOf British Army NERFINISHED
middleName Francis NERFINISHED
militaryRank captain
nativeLanguage English
notableIdea unexpurgated scholarly translation of erotic literature
notableWork English translation of One Thousand and One Nights
English translation of the Kama Sutra
First Footsteps in East Africa NERFINISHED
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah NERFINISHED
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night NERFINISHED
The City of the Saints NERFINISHED
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi NERFINISHED
The Lake Regions of Central Africa NERFINISHED
occupation cartographer
diplomat
ethnologist
explorer
fencer
orientalist
soldier
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Devon NERFINISHED
England
Torquay NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
Trieste NERFINISHED
positionHeld British consul in Damascus NERFINISHED
British consul in Fernando Po NERFINISHED
British consul in Santos NERFINISHED
British consul in Trieste
religion Anglicanism
servedIn East India Company Army NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
signature signature of Richard Francis Burton
spouse Isabel Burton NERFINISHED
travelledTo Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Middle East NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED

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Der Weltensammler protagonist Richard Francis Burton
John Hanning Speke coExplorer Richard Francis Burton