Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900
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- Travels in West Africa, 1997:t.p., etc. (Mary H. Kingsley; b. 1862 in London; a naturalist, ethnologist, sailor, scholar, and lecturer; she was commissioned to collect fish and reptiles for the British Museum, and in 1893, she traveled to the Congo, in 1895 she journeyed to Southern Nigeria; volunteered for nursing service during the Boer War; d. 06-03-1900)
- Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 10, 2012(Mary Kingsley; Mary Henrietta Kingsley; b. October 13, 1862 in Islington, London, England; d. June 3, 1900 in Cape Town, South Africa; English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer)
- Travels in West Africa, 1997:t.p., etc. (Mary H. Kingsley; b. 1862 in London; a naturalist, ethnologist, sailor, scholar, and lecturer; she was commissioned to collect fish and reptiles for the British Museum, and in 1893, she traveled to the Congo, in 1895 she journeyedto Southern Nigeria; volunteered for nursing service during the Boer War; d. 06-03-1900)
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Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an English explorer, travel writer, and ethnographic observer known for her journeys through West Africa and for her influential writings on African societies and colonial policy. Between 1893 and 1895 she travelled widely in regions of present-day Sierra Leone, Angola, Gabon, and Cameroon, often journeying alone in areas rarely visited by Europeans. During these expeditions she collected zoological specimens for the British Museum and documented local religious practices, social customs, and political systems. Kingsley published two widely-read books, Travels in West Africa (1897) and West African Studies (1899), which combined travel narrative with ethnographic observation and commentary on British imperial policy. Her writings made her one of the most prominent European commentators on West Africa at the end of the 19th century.
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