| LC control no. | n 79072958 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 |
| Variant(s) | Speke, J. H. (John Hanning), 1827-1864 |
| Birth date | 1827-05-04 |
| Death date | 1864-09-15 |
| Place of birth | Bideford (England) |
| Place of death | Neston (Cheshire West and Chester, England) |
| Field of activity | Discoveries in geography Military art and science |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers Soldiers |
| Found in | His Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile ... 1863 Explorations in Eastern Africa, 1859: t.p. (J.H. Speke) Wikipedia, Feb. 15, 2013 (British explorer and officer born May 4, 1827 in Bideford, England; died September 15 1864, in Neston Park, Wiltshire, England; made three exploratory expeditions to Africa and is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and the discovery and naming of Lake Victoria) |
| Associated language | eng |
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