biography
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Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton
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| lived:
| (1858–1927)
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| biography:
| Explorer and writer, born in London, UK. He spent much of his life travelling in Africa, and learned many African languages. He led the Royal Society's botanical expedition to Kilimanjaro (1884), and as commissioner for South Central Africa made possible British acquisition of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He wrote books on the Congo and zoology, five novels, and The Story of My Life (1923). |
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