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Richard Francis Burton, Sir | | Birth Date: |
March 19, 1821 | | Death Date: |
October 20, 1890 | | Place of Death: |
Trieste, Italy | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
explorer, poet, diplomat, scholar |
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 Biography of Richard Francis Burton, Sir
993 words, approx. 3 pages
 Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), English explorer, scholar, poet, translator, and diplomat, explored in Africa and Asia and studied Oriental literature and American religions. Richard Burton was born on March 19, 1821, in the west of England... summary from source:
 Biography of Sir Richard F(rancis) Burton
11,299 words, approx. 38 pages
 Sir Richard Francis Burton was the preeminent nineteenth-century British travel writer, a brilliant linguist and translator, an extraordinary explorer, a pioneer anthropologist, a poet, a civil engineer, a field cartographer, a soldier one of Europe's... summary from source:
Biography of Sir Richard F(rancis) Burton
6,227 words, approx. 21 pages
Sir Richard F. Burton, one of the most widely traveled, best read, and most fascinating of Victorian adventurers, was a prolific writer who left enduring accounts of his journeys in India, Arabia, Africa, and North America. He brought to his...
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Sir Richard Francis Burton ( 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890 ) British consul , explorer , translator , writer , poet , Orientalist and swordsman known for his often-unprecedented exploits of travel and exploration as well as his extraordinary...
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640 words, approx. 2 pages1821-1890 British Explorer and Scholar An adventurer with a gift for languages, Sir Richard Francis Burton was the first European to reach many of the once forbidden areas of the world, including many ancient Muslim cities, as well as Lake Tanganyika... summary from source:
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7,238 words, approx. 24 pages
Burton's best-known achievements include traveling in disguise to Mecca, making an unexpurgated translation of The Book of One Thousand Nights and A Night (the collection is more commonly called The Arabian Nights in English because of Andrew Lang's...
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02/01/2001: 526 words, approx. 2 pages Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) This renowned explorer, scholar and diplomat was the first European to discover Lake Tanganyika and enter hitherto-forbidden Muslim cities For what is Sir Richard most famous? He was renowned for travelling, writing and translating Arab literature,... summary from source:
The Economist (US) Rich: The Life of Richard Burton.
10/22/1988: 498 words, approx. 2 pages HE MIGHT have been the greatest classical actor of his age, as Kenneth Tynan, Britain's most celebrated postwar theatre critic, thought in 1955 after seeing his Henry V at the Old Vic. Instead, Richard Burton ne Jenkins) ended up playing a camp barber... summary from source:
 Investor's Business Daily Richard Burton's World Stage
7/30/2007: 1,219 words, approx. 4 pagesRichard Francis Burton -- explorer, writer, soldier, translator, diplomat -- lived for his next adventure.In the months before his death in 1890, Burton was emaciated and barely able to walk without support.Yet he was planning for a trip to Greece. Having just completed what would...
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