Happy Birthday: November 13, 1862 (1900) Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English traveler who, disregarding the conventions of her time, journeyed through western and equatorial Africa and became the first European to enter parts of Gabon. After returning to England with valuable natural history collections, she lectured widely throughout the country about her travels (1896–99). Her writings, which express her strong sympathies for black Africans, include Travels in West Africa (1897) and West African Studies (1899).
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