Henry Morton Stanley
AKA John Rowlands
Born: 28-Jan-1841
Birthplace: Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales
Died: 10-May-1904
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, St. Michael's Church, Pirbright, Surrey, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Explorer
Nationality: England
Executive summary: Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Military service: Confederate Army (Civil War); Union Army (Civil War); US Navy (1864)
Father: John Rowlands (d. 24-May-1854)
Mother: Elizabeth Parry (b. 30-Dec-1820)
Wife: Dorothy Tennant (m. 12-Jul-1890, one son, adopted)
Son: Denzil
UK Member of Parliament Lambeth, London (1895-1900)
The New York Herald Correspondent (Ethiopia, etc)
Knight of the British Empire 1899
Stroke 1903
Welsh Ancestry
Risk Factors: Malaria
Author of books:
How I Found Livingstone (1872)
Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa (1874)
My Kalulu: Prince, King, and Slave (1874, novel)
Through the Dark Continent (1878, travelogue)
The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State (1885)
In Darkest Africa (1890, travelogue)
Through South Africa (1898, travelogue)
My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia (1895, travelogue)
The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1909, memoir)
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