Burton, Richard Francis

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• Richard Francis Burton — Sir Richard Francis Burton retratado por Frederick Leighton, National Portrait Gallery, Londres. Nacimiento 19 de marzo de 1821 …   Wikipedia Español

• Richard Francis Burton — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Richard Burton. Richard Francis Burton …   Wikipédia en Français

• Richard Francis Burton — Infobox Person name = Sir Richard Francis Burton caption = Sir Richard Burton, portrait by Frederic Leighton, National Portrait Gallery birth date = birth date|df=yes|1821|3|19 birth place = Torquay, England death date = death date and… …   Wikipedia

• Burton,Sir Richard Francis — Burton, Sir Richard Francis. 1821 1890. British explorer and Orientalist. Disguised as a Pathan, he journeyed (1853) to the forbidden cities of Mecca and Medina and in 1858 tried unsuccessfully to discover the source of the Nile River. His best… …   Universalium

• Sir Richard Francis Burton — Richard Francis Burton Pour les articles homonymes, voir Burton. Richard Francis Burton …   Wikipédia en Français

• Richard Francis Burton — Porträt, Frederic Leighton Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG (* 19. März 1821 in Torquay, Devonshire, nach anderen Quellen in Barham House, Hertfordshire, England; † 19. Oktober 1890 in Triest) war ein …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Burton, Captain Sir Richard Francis — (1821–1890)    British soldier, explorer, master linguist, and diplomat, Sir Richard Burton was best known for his dispute with John Hanning Speke about the source of the Nile River. While serving in the Indian Army, Burton became an expert in… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Richard Francis Burton — Sir Richard Francis Burton (19 de marzo de 1821 19 de octubre de 1890), fue un cónsul británico, explorador, traductor y orientalista, nacido en Hertfordshire, Inglaterra. Vivió en la India durante siete años, donde tuvo ocasión de conocer las… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Burton, Sir Richard Francis — (1821 1890)    Burton studied at Trinity College, Oxford, became a talented linguist and had a colorful life: intrepid traveler, linguist, scholar, soldier, anthropologist, and a prolific and gifted writer. He published 43 volumes on his… …   British and Irish poets

• Burton, Sir Richard (Francis) — born March 19, 1821, Torquay, Devonshire, Eng. died Oct. 20, 1890, Trieste, Austria Hungary English scholar explorer and Orientalist. Expelled from Oxford in 1842, Burton went to India as a subaltern officer. There he disguised himself as a… …   Universalium