# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hanning-speke
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:01:55.971Z

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name: "John Hanning Speke"
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description: "John Hanning Speke was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and, with Richard Burton, was the first European to reach Lake Victoria."
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birthDate: "1827-05-04"
deathDate: "1864-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump