biography
| name: |
Laing, Alexander Gordon
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pronunciation:
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| male
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| lived:
| (1793–1826)
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| biography:
| Explorer, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. He served with the British army in the West Indies before becoming the first European to reach the ancient city of Timbuktu (1826), while searching for the source of the R Niger in W Africa. After leaving Timbuktu, he was murdered by local tribesmen. |
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