# Joseph Moloney

> Joseph Moloney was the Irish-born medical officer on the 1891-92 Stairs Expedition which seized Katanga in Central Africa for the Belgian King Leopold II, killing its ruler, Msiri, in the process. Moloney took charge of the expedition for a few weeks when its military officers were dead or incapacitated by illness, and wrote a popular account of it, With Captain Stairs to Katanga: Slavery and Subjugation in the Congo 1891-92, published in 1893.

*British doctor*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1857
- **Died:** 1896-10-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Joseph Moloney was the Irish-born medical officer on the 1891-92 Stairs Expedition which seized Katanga in Central Africa for the Belgian King Leopold II, killing its ruler, Msiri, in the process. Moloney took charge of the expedition for a few weeks when its military officers were dead or incapacitated by illness, and wrote a popular account of it, With Captain Stairs to Katanga: Slavery and Subjugation in the Congo 1891-92, published in 1893.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 31.6

## Sources
- [Joseph Moloney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Moloney)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6285599)

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