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Born c.1550
Died c.October 4, 1611 • London • England
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
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D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Burton
British scholar and explorer
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
British writer
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
John Smith
John Smith
British explorer
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Laurence Oliphant
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Gertrude Bell, c. 1910.
Gertrude Bell
English politician and writer
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Sir John Mandeville
English author
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
British mountaineer and artist
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John Taylor
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Charles Montagu Doughty
Charles Montagu Doughty
British traveler
Palmer, E.H.: The Desert of the Exodus
E.H. Palmer
British linguist
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George Borrow
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Aaron Hill
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