Person: STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841-1904)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Henry Morton STANLEY

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

journalist and explorer; subject of slide sets

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

married to TENNANT, Dorothy (1855-1926)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

28 January 1841

born at

Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales

5 May 1890

lecturer

[Lecture on African exploration] (society meeting, London, England, 5 May 1890)

10 May 1904

died at

London, England

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- Reception of Mtesa's body guard and Prime Ministers and Chiefs

slide image -- Cutting a passage for Canoes

slide image -- Stanley and some of his followers on board H.M.S. Industry

slide image -- Portrait of Stanley from life

slide image -- Group of Stanley and followers from life

slide image -- Meeting of Stanley and Livingstone

slide image -- Portraits of Cameron and other modern explorers

slide image -- African Travel -- An Old Explorer Discovered

slide image -- En Route to Leopoldsville

slide image -- Stanley giving final instructions to Major Barttelot

slide image -- Stanley showing his Followers the Promised Land

slide image -- The Meeting of Emin and Stanley

slide image -- Stanley's Farewell to Africa

slide image -- Stanley at Shepherd's Hotel at Cairo

slide image -- Wedding of Stanley at Westminster Abbey

Texts linked to this person

Book (1)

Henry Morton Stanley, In darkest Africa: or the quest, rescue, and retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria (London: Sampson Low & Co., 1890)

Slide set references

minor subject of: Across central Africa with Stanley and Emin (lecture: J. Green & Son, 50-53 slides, 1890)

minor subject of: Adventures and discoveries in central Africa: by Dr Livingstone and H.M. Stanley (lecture: Alfred Pumphrey, 48-50 slides, in/before 1888)

minor subject of: Central Africa (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, 1876)

image appears in: Central Africa (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, 1876)

minor subject of: Livingstone and Stanley in central Africa

minor subject of: Livingstone's last journey (lecture: Alfred Pumphrey, 22 slides, in/before 1888)

image appears in: [Manchester Geographical Society Collection: portraits of explorers and missionaries] (lecture: manufacturer unknown, at least 27 slides, n.d.)

image appears in: Stanley in Africa (lecture: York & Son, 29 slides, 1878-1888)

minor subject of: Stanley in Africa (lecture: York & Son, 29 slides, 1878-1888)

image appears in: Stanley's Emin Pasha relief expedition (lecture: York & Son, 42 slides, 1890)

minor subject of: Stanley's Emin Pasha relief expedition (lecture: York & Son, 42 slides, 1890)

minor subject of: Stanley's book 'In darkest Africa' (lecture: Newton & Co., 50 slides, 1890)

image appears in: The life and duties of the citizen (lecture: Riley Brothers, 120 slides, 1899)

References

William R. May, Across central Africa with Stanley and Emin (London: J. Green & Son, 1890)

‘Adventures and discoveries in central Africa: by Dr Livingstone and H.M. Stanley’ in Lantern readings original and selected 2

James Comper Gray, Central Africa (London: York & Son, c.1876)

H.H. Robinson, In darkest Africa (London: Newton & Co., 1890)

‘The last journey of Dr Livingstone’ in Lantern readings original and selected 2

Lucerna ID 6002548

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 March 2021

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