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Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar (1821–1890).
Born March 19th, 1821 in Torquay.
Died October 20th, 1890 at 69 years old in Trieste.
Occupations
anthropologist, botanical collector, cartographer, diplomat, ethnologist, explorer, historian, linguist, military personnel, naturalist, poet, spy, translator, traveler, writer, zoologist
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