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John Hanning Speke

John Hanning Speke
Personal information
Birth date4 May 1827
Place of birthBideford, Devon, England
Date of death15 September 1864(age 37)
Death placeNeston Park, Wiltshire, England
OccupationOfficer and Explorer

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John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 - 15 September 1864) was an officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa and who is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile.


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