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Richard Burton
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton, born in 1821, was an English author, explorer, soldier, geographer, diplomat and linguist. He authored Wanderings in West Africa and Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. Burton was a captain in the army of the East India Company and later became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Eventually he served as British consul at various places. The author co-founded the Anthropological Society of London in 1863. In 1886, he was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) by Queen Victoria.