Frank Linsly James
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Frank Linsly James was an English
explorer.
James explored in Sudan, Somalia, India and Mexico. He wrote Wild Tribes of the Sudan (1883) and The Unknown Horn of Africa (1888). He was killed in Africa by a wounded elephant, and buried in Kensal Green Cemetery
.
He is commemorated in the name of the Three-streaked Tchagra
(Tchagra jamesi).
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
explorer.
James explored in Sudan, Somalia, India and Mexico. He wrote Wild Tribes of the Sudan (1883) and The Unknown Horn of Africa (1888). He was killed in Africa by a wounded elephant, and buried in Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery
Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in Kensal Green, in the west of London, England. It was immortalised in the lines of G. K. Chesterton's poem The Rolling English Road from his book The Flying Inn: "For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen; Before we go to Paradise by way of...
.
He is commemorated in the name of the Three-streaked Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
The Three-streaked Tchagra is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family.It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
(Tchagra jamesi).
External links
- James, Frank Linsly (1851-1890), explorer in Africa by Thomas Seccombe rev. Elizabeth Baigent in Dictionary of National BiographyDictionary of National BiographyThe Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...