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Richard Francis Burton
British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat.
Born March 19th, 1821 in Torquay. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1890 at 69 years old in Trieste. [ref]
Occupations
anthropologist, cartographer, diplomat, ethnologist, explorer, historian, linguist, military personnel, naturalist, poet, soldier, spy, translator, traveler, writer, zoologist
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