Henry Smith-Stanley

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:King_Leopold_II_of_Belgium
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1841-01-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Denbigh,_Wales
gptkbp:children 5
gptkbp:deathDate 1904-05-30
gptkbp:depictedIn Films and documentaries
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:famousQuote Dr._Livingstone,_I_presume?
gptkbp:fullName Henry_Edward_Smith-Stanley
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Henry Smith-Stanley
gptkbp:influence Exploration and colonialism
gptkbp:influenced Modern exploration techniques
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:David_Livingstone
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Stanley_Cup
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Swahili
English
French
gptkbp:legacy Stanleyville,_Congo
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
Welsh
gptkbp:notableEvent Discovery of Lake Victoria
Exploration of the Ruwenzori Mountains
First European to cross Africa from west to east
Establishment_of_the_Congo_Free_State
Mapping_of_the_Congo_River
gptkbp:notableFeature Expedition_to_find_David_Livingstone
gptkbp:notableFor Exploration of Africa
gptkbp:occupation Explorer
gptkbp:relatedTo Anthropologists
Historians
Adventurers
Missionaries
Cartographers
Geographers
Colonial administrators
Travel writers
Explorers of the 19th century
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse Dorothy_Stanley
gptkbp:wrote Through the Dark Continent