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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1821 - 1890

Biography

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat; born on March 19, 1821 in Torquay, Devon, England; died on October 20, 1890 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary; a captain in the army of the East India Company; led an expedition to Lake Tanganyika for the Royal Geographical Society; attended Trinity College, Oxford, but did not graduate.

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Greek inscriptions from Syria

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231190916]
Identifier: MSS SC 206
Scope and Contents

170 Greek inscriptions copied from various ruins in the Hauran Mountains and the 'Alah region to the east of Hama, Syria in 1869-1871 by Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake and Burton.

Dates: 1869-1871
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Greek inscriptions from Syria

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