Harry Johnston
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Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent.
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Harry Johnston, by Elliott & Fry.
Portrait of Harry Johnston by Theodore Blake Wirgman (1894)
Okapi, from an original painting by Johnston, based on preserved skins (1901)
Wall plaque erected to the memory of Sir Harry Johnston in the church of St Nicholas, Poling, West Sussex. Designed and cut by Eric Gill
Frontispiece depicting "The Negro in West Africa - Liberian Hinterland", painted by Johnston and published in his book The Negro in the New World (1910)Awards 6
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Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. He published 40 books on subjects related to the continent of Africa and was one of the key players in the Scramble for Africa that occurred at the end of the 19th century.
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