Definition of Sir Richard Francis Burton

1. Noun. English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890).

Exact synonyms: Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton
Generic synonyms: Adventurer, Explorer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Richard Francis Burton

Sir Martin Frobisher
Sir Matthew Flinders
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Noel Pierce Coward
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Patrick Manson
Sir Paul Gavrilovich Vinogradoff
Sir Peter Brian Medawar
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Ustinov
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Ralph David Richardson
Sir Rex Harrison
Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton (current term)
Sir Richard Owen
Sir Richrd Steele
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Robinson
Sir Robert Walpole
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
Sir Ronald Ross
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sir Seretse Khama
Sir Stephen Harold Spender
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan
Sir Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Lawrence

Literary usage of Sir Richard Francis Burton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1903)
"Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-90) was born, the son of a colonel, at Barham House, Hertfordshire, and educated—somewhat desultorily —in France and Italy ..."

2. The Life of Captain Sir Richd F. Burton by Isabel Burton (1893)
"Not only this Society, but the whole civilized world, has recently had to mourn the death of our distinguished fellow-member, Sir Richard Francis Burton. ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome by Sidney Lee (1903)
"T\ BURTON, ISABEL, LADY (1831-1896), wife of Sir Richard Francis Burton [qv], whom ehe married, 1861 : daughter of Henry Raymond Arundell : shared, ..."

4. Catalogue of the General Assembly Library of New Zealand by Basil E. Seymour Stocker, Edward Samuel, Herbert Louis James, Charles H. Streeton (1897)
"Burton [formerly Arundell] (Isabel) [Lady of Sir Richard Francis Burton]. AEI: Arabia, Egypt, India: a narrative of travel. Maps and illus. 23 cm. L. 1879. ..."

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