Richard Francis Burton, British Explorer and Writer(1821-1890)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Richard Francis Burton
• Birth: March 19, 1821, Torquay, UK
• Death: October 20, 1890, Trieste, Italy
• Language: English, but "According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages"
• Who he was: British explorer and writer who made translations of One Thousand and One Nights and The Kama Sutra; wrote the Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al Madinah and Meccah and the pseudotranslation The Kasidah

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