John Rowlands

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John Rowlands, better known as Henry Morton Stanley, was a 19th-century Welsh-American explorer and journalist famed for his expeditions in central Africa and the phrase “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”

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instanceOf American person
Welsh person
explorer
human
journalist
politician
alsoKnownAs Henry Morton Stanley
birthName John Rowlands
burialPlace Pyrford, Surrey, England
causeOfDeath pleurisy
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1841-01-28
dateOfDeath 1904-05-10
dateOfMarriage 1890
educatedAt St Asaph Union Workhouse school
employer Daily Telegraph
linked to: The Daily Telegraph

New York Herald
exploredRegion Congo Basin
linked to: Congo Rainforest

Great Lakes region of Africa
familyName Rowlands
givenName John
language English
ledExpedition Emin Pasha Relief Expedition
search for David Livingstone in East and Central Africa
trans-African expedition (1874–1877)
memberOf Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
militaryRank colonel
nationality Welsh-American
notableFor explorations in central Africa
phrase "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
search for David Livingstone
notableWork How I Found Livingstone
In Darkest Africa
The Congo and the Founding of its Free State
Through the Dark Continent
occupation author
explorer
journalist
politician
soldier
placeOfBirth Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
linked to: the town of Denbigh
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Lambeth North
pseudonym Henry Morton Stanley
religion Christianity
servedIn American Civil War
Union Army
spouse Dorothy Tennant
termEnd 1900
termStart 1895

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Henry Morton Stanley birthName John Rowlands
John Rowlands birthName John Rowlands