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Henry Morton Stanley

1841 - 1904

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author, and politician famous for his exploration of Central Africa and search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians that enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900. More than a century after his death, Stanley's legacy remains the subject of enduring controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Morton Stanley is the 54th most popular explorer (down from 35th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 299th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Explorer.

Henry Morton Stanley is most famous for being the first person to cross Africa from east to west, and for his search for David Livingstone.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Henry Morton Stanley ranks 54 out of 498. Before him are Martin Behaim, William Clark, Samuel de Champlain, Diego de Almagro, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Sven Hedin. After him are William Baffin, Zhang Qian, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Henry Hudson, Himilco, and Diogo Cão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Henry Morton Stanley ranks 14. Before him are Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Itō Hirobumi, Otto Wagner, Emil Theodor Kocher, Frédéric Bazille, and Henri Fayol. After him are Félix Faure, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Armand Fallières, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Ferdinand Buisson, and Armand Guillaumin. Among people deceased in 1904, Henry Morton Stanley ranks 11. Before him are Murad V, Isabella II of Spain, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Friedrich Ratzel, and Jean-Léon Gérôme. After him are Eadweard Muybridge, Gabriel Tarde, Henri Fantin-Latour, Abai Qunanbaiuly, Vasily Vereshchagin, and Stepan Makarov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Morton Stanley ranks 479 out of 8,785. Before him are Tilda Swinton (1960), J. M. Barrie (1860), David Beckham (1975), Gertrude Bell (1868), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), and Peter Sellers (1925). After him are Captain Tom (1920), Robbie Coltrane (1950), David Niven (1910), William Baffin (1584), Enid Blyton (1897), and Martin Ryle (1918).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Henry Morton Stanley ranks 7. Before him are James Cook (1728), Francis Drake (1540), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), David Livingstone (1813), William Adams (1564), and John Davis (1550). After him are William Baffin (1584), Henry Hudson (1570), John Ross (1777), William Dampier (1651), John Smith (1580), and Richard Francis Burton (1821).

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