Lectionary Calendar
Monday, April 29th, 2024
the Fifth Week after Easter
the Fifth Week after Easter
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Encyclopedias
Burton, Sir Richard Francis
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
Traveller, born in Hertfordshire; served first as a soldier in Scind under Sir C. Napier; visited Mecca and Medina as an Afghan pilgrim; wrote an account of his visit in his "Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage, &c."; penetrated Central Africa along with Captain Speke, and discovered Lake Tanganyika; visited Utah, and wrote "The City of the Saints"; travelled in Brazil, Palestine, and Western Africa, accompanied through many a hardship by his devoted wife; translated the "Arabian Nights"; his works on his travels numerous, and show him to have been of daring adventure (1821-1890).
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Burton, Sir Richard Francis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/burton-sir-richard-francis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Burton, Sir Richard Francis'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/burton-sir-richard-francis.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
