SIR RICHARD BURTON

Sir Richard Francis Burton was born near Elstree, Hertfordshire, March 19, 1821. Richad studied at Oxford University.

Burton traveled to Cairo, Suez, Medina and Mecca in 1853. Then in 1854, Richard travelled to the East African city of Harar.

Burton made an unsuccessful trip in search of the source of the White Nile in 1855.

In 1872, Richard was appointed as the consul in Trieste.

In 1886, Queen Victoria knighted Burton. Richard Burton died in 1890, in Trieste. During his life, Burton learned to speak 25 languages.

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