Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa.
John Hanning Speke
Explorer and military officer
Captain John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria. Wikipedia
Born: May 4, 1827, Buckland Brewer, United Kingdom
Died: September 15, 1864 (age 37 years), Neston House, United Kingdom
Place of burial: St Andrew's Church, Dowlish Wake, United Kingdom
Parents: William Speke and Georgiana Elizabeth Hanning
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Apr 30, 2024 · John Hanning Speke was a British explorer who was the first European to reach Lake Victoria in East Africa, which he correctly identified as ...
John Hanning Speke was born on 4 May 1827 in Bideford in Devon. He was commissioned into the British army in 1844 and posted to India where he served in the ...
SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (1827–1864), African explorer and discoverer of the source of the Nile, second son of William Speke (1798–1887) of Jordans, near Ilminster, ...
Some thought it was a suicide, for he was known as an accomplished sportsman and hunter. Speke and Grant's successes are undisputed, however: they were the ...
Speke came from an old Somerset family long associated with Whitelackington near Ilminster. As a child he was a reluctant scholar but a keen natural historian, ...
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John Hanning Speke. (1827-1864), Explorer in Africa. Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 6 portraits. After an eventful military career, ...
John Hanning Speke, an army officer's son from the West Country, was commissioned into the army of the East India Company in 1844 at the age of seventeen.
Sep 10, 2011 · But new research reveals that John Hanning Speke's place in history was eclipsed by a jealous, charismatic rival, who stole the limelight by ...