Richard Francis Burton

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society's_Founder's_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1821-03-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Torquay,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St_Mary_Magdalen_Roman_Catholic_Church,_Mortlake,_London
gptkbp:deathDate 1890-10-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Trieste,_Austria-Hungary
gptkbp:explores gptkb:South_America
gptkb:West_Africa
gptkb:Arabia
gptkb:Lake_Tanganyika
gptkb:Somaliland
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Francis Burton
gptkbp:knownFor pilgrimage to Mecca
exploration of Africa
translation of Kama Sutra
translation of The Arabian Nights
translation of The Perfumed Garden
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gptkb:French
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkb:Persian
English
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gptkb:Anthropological_Society_of_London
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gptkbp:nationality British
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gptkb:Falconry_in_the_Valley_of_the_Indus
gptkb:First_Footsteps_in_East_Africa
gptkb:Personal_Narrative_of_a_Pilgrimage_to_Al-Madinah_and_Meccah
gptkb:The_Arabian_Nights_(translation)
gptkb:The_Book_of_the_Thousand_Nights_and_a_Night
gptkb:The_Carmina_of_Catullus_(translation)
gptkb:The_City_of_the_Saints
gptkb:The_Jew,_the_Gypsy_and_El_Islam
gptkb:The_Kama_Sutra_of_Vatsyayana_(translation)
gptkb:The_Kasidah
gptkb:The_Lake_Regions_of_Central_Africa
gptkb:The_Land_of_Midian
gptkb:The_Lusiads_(translation)
gptkb:The_Perfumed_Garden_(translation)
gptkb:The_Sentiment_of_the_Sword
gptkb:Ultima_Thule;_or,_A_Summer_in_Iceland
gptkb:Vikram_and_the_Vampire_(translation)
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gptkb:explorer
gptkb:geologist
gptkb:soldier
gptkb:writer
translator
orientalist
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:signature Richard Francis Burton signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Isabel_Burton
gptkbp:title Sir
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gptkb:Gulistan_of_Saadi
gptkb:The_Story_of_the_Vizier_of_the_Khan_of_Sarab
gptkb:Lake_Tanganyika
gptkb:Sir_Richard_Burton
gptkb:Baital_Pachisi
gptkb:Gulistan
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