Sir, Richard Francis BURTON
(also wrote as: Haji Abdu AL-YAZDI; Frank BAKER; A E I; F R G S)

Sex : Male

Born : 1821 Mar 19
            Torquay, Devonshire, England

Lived : Trieste, Italy (final)

Died :   1890 Oct 20
             Trieste, Italy
aged :   69
More info can be found online at:
English-language Wikipedia
Notable Names Database
Find a Grave

More info can be found offline at:
Dictionary of Indian Biography, by C E Buckland [1906]
Dictionary of Literary Biography, vols 55 & 166 & 184
Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
[2004]
The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Cariacaturists, 1800-1914, by Simon Houfe [1978]
Modern English Biography, vol 4, by Frederic Boase [1892-1921]
Obituary in The Times, 1890 Oct 21
Grant of Probate in England & Wales

This person is/was also a translator & an illustrator

             Book Titles              InfoDate(s)Read Online
Goa, And The Blue Mountains; or, Six Months Of Sick LeaveEnglish
non-fiction
1851 
Scinde; or, The Unhappy ValleyEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1851 
Sindh, And The Races That Inhabit The Valley Of The IndusEnglish
non-fiction
1851 
Falconry In The Valley Of The IndusEnglish
non-fiction
1852 
A Complete System Of Bayonet ExerciseEnglish
non-fiction
1853 
Personal Narrative Of A Pilgrimage To El Medina & MeccaEnglish
non-fiction
3 vols
1855Pr Gut #4658
First Footsteps In East Africa; or, An Exploration Of HararEnglish
non-fiction
1856Pr Gut #6886
The Lake Regions Of Central Africa: A Picture Of ExplorationEnglish
non-fiction
1860 
The Lake Regions Of Central Equatorial AfricaEnglish
non-fiction
1860 
City Of The Saints & Across The Rocky Mountains To CaliforniaEnglish
non-fiction
1861Making of America
Abeokuta And The Camaroons MountainsEnglish
non-fiction
1863 
Wanderings In West Africa From Liverpool...
[written as: F R G S]
English
non-fiction
1863 
A Mission To Gelele, King Of DahomeEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1864 
The Nile Basin, vol 1: Showing Tanganyika To Be Ptolemy's...English
non-fiction
1864 
The Guide-Book: A Pictorial Pilgrimage To Mecca And MedinaEnglish
non-fiction
1865 
Stone Talk
[written as: Frank BAKER]
English
1865 
Wit And Wisdom From West Africa
[edited]
English
non-fiction
1865 
Explorations Of The Highlands Of The BrazilEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1869 
Letters From The Battle-Fields Of ParaguayEnglish
non-fiction
1870 
Vikram And The Vampire [?=?]
[translated]
English
1870Pr Gut #2400
Proverbia Communia SyriacaEnglish
non-fiction
1871 
Unexplored Syria: Visits To The Libanus, The Tull El Saf...English
non-fiction
2 vols
1872 
Zanzibar: City, Island, And CoastEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1872 
Ultima Thule; or, A Summer In IcelandEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1875Pr Gut #59584
A New System Of Sword Exercise For InfantryEnglish
non-fiction
1876Online Books
Etruscan BolognaEnglish
non-fiction
1876 
Two Trips To Gorilla Land And The Cataracts Of The CongoEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1876Pr Gut #5760
Scind Revisited, With Notices Of The Anglo-Indian ArmyEnglish
non-fiction
2 vols
1877 
The Gold-Mines Of Midian And The Ruined Midianite CitiesEnglish
non-fiction
1878 
The Land Of Midian (Revisited)English
non-fiction
2 vols
1879Pr Gut #7111
The Ogham-Runes And El-MushajjarEnglish
non-fiction
1879 
Correspondence With His Excellency Riaz Pasha Upon...MidianEnglish
non-fiction
1880 
The Kasidah Of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
[written as: Haji Abdu AL-YAZDI]
English
poetry
1880Pr Gut #6036
Report On Two Expeditions To MidianEnglish
non-fiction
1880 
Report Upon The Minerals Of MidianEnglish
non-fiction
1880 
Camoens: His Life And His LusiadsEnglish
biography
2 vols
1881 
A Glance At The 'Passion-Play'English
non-fiction
1881 
How To Deal With The Slave Scandal In Egypt
[written as: A E I]
English
non-fiction
1881 
The Partition Of Turkey
[written as: A E I]
English
non-fiction
1881 
The Thermae Of Monfalcone (Aqua Dei Et Vitae)English
non-fiction
1881 
Lord BeaconsfieldEnglish
biography
c1882 
To The Gold Coast For Gold
[with Verney Lovett CAMERON]
English
non-fiction
2 vols
1883Pr Gut #8821
The Book Of The SwordEnglish
non-fiction
1884 
Three Months At Abbazia
[with Isabel BURTON]
English
non-fiction
c1888 
Anthropological Notes On The Sotanic Zone Of Sexual Inversion...English
non-fiction
c1890 
The Memorial Edition Of The Works...
[edited by Isabel BURTON]
English
essays
7 vols
1893-94 
The Jew, The Gypsy And El IslamEnglish
non-fiction
1898Pr Gut #57208
The Sentiment Of The Sword: A Country-House DialogueEnglish
1911 
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