Sidney Langford Hinde
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Dr. Sidney Langford Hinde, (23 July 1863 - 18 October 1930), Chevalier de l'ordre royal du lion; Membre honoraire de la Société belge de géographie; Medical Officer of the Interior, British East Africa; Late Captain, Congo Free State
Forces; was a military medical officer involved in colonial operations in the Congo and East Africa in the 19th century.
Hinde was credited with aiding the overthrow of the infamous African slave trader Tippu Tip
, and his successor, Sefu.
A mountain peak in Kenya is named for him. Hinde Falls on Athi River is also named after the Hindes.The peaks of Mount Kenya have been given names from three different sources. Firstly, several Maasai chieftains have been commemorated, with names such as Batian, Nelion and Lenana. These names were suggested by Mackinder, on the suggestion of Sidney Langford Hinde, who was the resident officer in Maasailand at the time of Mackinder's expedition.
, Hildegarde Beatrice Hinde (née Ginsburg) (1871 - 20 February 1959), who discovered three species of small mammal while in Africa. She wrote several grammars and vocabularies of East African languages as well. She and her husband were in the Congo from 1891 to 1894, and in the East African Protectorate (now Kenya) from 1895 to 1915.
Congo Free State
The Congo Free State was a large area in Central Africa which was privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Its origins lay in Leopold's attracting scientific, and humanitarian backing for a non-governmental organization, the Association internationale africaine...
Forces; was a military medical officer involved in colonial operations in the Congo and East Africa in the 19th century.
Career
He was the son of Surgeon George Langford Hinde (41st Foot Welsh Regiment) and Harrietta Tudor Rayner, daughter of Edward Charles Rayner, Esq. of England, married in London on 23 November 1861. They had two children, Sidney Langford Hinde, and Rhoda Hinde, (born 1865), both of whom were born in Canada. In 1895, Hinde was posted to Machakos Fort in the East African Protectorate Service where he was appointed Resident to the Maasai Chief and Collector of Maasailand.Hinde was credited with aiding the overthrow of the infamous African slave trader Tippu Tip
Tippu Tip
Tippu Tip or Tib , real name Hamad bin Muḥammad bin Jumah bin Rajab bin Muḥammad bin Sa‘īd al-Murghabī, , was a Swahili-Zanzibari trader. He was famously known as Tippu Tib after an eye disease which made him blind...
, and his successor, Sefu.
A mountain peak in Kenya is named for him. Hinde Falls on Athi River is also named after the Hindes.The peaks of Mount Kenya have been given names from three different sources. Firstly, several Maasai chieftains have been commemorated, with names such as Batian, Nelion and Lenana. These names were suggested by Mackinder, on the suggestion of Sidney Langford Hinde, who was the resident officer in Maasailand at the time of Mackinder's expedition.
Hildegarde Beatrice Hinde
Sidney was married to anthropologist and zoologistZoology
Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
, Hildegarde Beatrice Hinde (née Ginsburg) (1871 - 20 February 1959), who discovered three species of small mammal while in Africa. She wrote several grammars and vocabularies of East African languages as well. She and her husband were in the Congo from 1891 to 1894, and in the East African Protectorate (now Kenya) from 1895 to 1915.