Kingsley, Mary Henrietta (1862 - 1900)
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| Short name | Kingsley, Mary Henrietta |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/9889559 |
| First name | Mary Henrietta |
| Birth name | Kingsley |
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| Date of birth | 1862 |
| Date of death | 1900 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | London |
| Place of death | Simon's Town |
| Lived in | England |
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| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | Educated at home, Self-educated |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
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| Place(s) of Residence | England |
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| Travels in West Africa (1897) | 0 | 0 |
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-Circulations of Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Hilda van Suylenburg | Jong van Beek en Donk, Cecile de | 1897 | - |
| Unknown photographer, portrait of Mary Henrietta Kingsley, 1901. | 1901 | is portrait of |
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: Today she is mostly remembered as an explorer of West-Africa.
Traveller, travel writer and ethnologist.
critic of European colonialism.
Travelled to West Africa, alone (1893-1894). Visited Congo, Cabinda, Gabon etc. Revisited West Africa (starting in December 1894), visiting a.o. Sierra Leone, Accra, Gold Coast, Cameroon.
Collected plants, insects and other animal specimen for the British Museum. Studied the local population, religion, culture.
As a result of her travels wrote "Travels in West Africa", and was often invited as a guest lecturer.
Traveled to South Africa in 1899, during the Anglo-Boer War.
According to 'African History', started smoking in South Africa.
Died of enteric fever (Typhoid fever).