Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (/ˈbɜːrtən/; 19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, freemason and soldier...

Arabist Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) published over 40 books and countless articles, monographs and letters. Most of Burton's books are travel...

the wife and partner of the explorer, adventurer, and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890). Isabel Arundell was born in London, England, on 20...

Richard Burton (1925–1984) was a Welsh actor. Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), was an English explorer, author, translator and orientalist. Richard...

Scotland, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, and Russia. [citation needed] Richard Francis Burton entered Trinity College, Oxford in autumn 1840, after his family...

1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which...

Thousand Nights and One Night (1882, nine volumes), and then by Sir Richard Francis Burton, entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885, ten...

Society of London, likely founded at the same time in 1863 by Sir Richard Francis Burton and Dr James Hunt. The club met in Bartolini's dining rooms near...

border is studded with silver nails. Visiting the Kaaba in 1853, Richard Francis Burton noted that: The colour appeared to me black and metallic, and the...

Arabia. In 1853, Sir Richard Francis Burton undertook the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina disguised as a Muslim. Although Burton was certainly not...

versions. Probably the best-known English version is that of Sir Richard Francis Burton which is, however, not a translation but a very free adaptation...

Richard Burton CBE (/ˈbɜːrtən/; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone...

Age (8th−13th centuries) – by the British explorer and Arabist Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890). It stands as the only complete translation of the Macnaghten...

"benefactors". Among the denizens of the Riverworld, we meet Sir Richard Francis Burton, Mark Twain, Odysseus, Cyrano de Bergerac, Hermann Göring, Tom Mix...

the true author, Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), a well-known British Arabist and explorer. In a note to the reader, Burton claims to be the translator...

religious authorities, who disapprove of pilgrims praying at tombs. Richard Francis Burton mentions seeing it in his translation of the Book of a Thousand...

tales of Baital), translated as 'Vikram and The Vampire' by Sir Richard Francis Burton in 1870. Bhartrhari was the elder son of King Gandharva Sena, who...

possible etymologies include ones put forth by British explorer Richard Francis Burton who states Harar is an extract of the name of a plain located south...

late nineteenth century, Sir Richard Francis Burton identified the painting as Caravaggio's painting of St. Rosario. Burton also identifies both St. Rosario...

there I also sacrifice myself for Hussain Ibn e Ali." According to Richard Francis Burton he is widely recognized as the most sympathetic amongst Arabs. His...

treatment of delinquent boys. He was born the second son of Dr. Richard Francis Burton (ca.1810 – 24 February 1874), surgeon, of London. In 1852 the family...

first Briton to document it in 1858, while on an expedition with Richard Francis Burton. Geologically, Lake Victoria is relatively young at about 400,000...

now-submerged Kollur mine in the Krishna River valley in the year 1830. Richard Francis Burton described it in an 1876 article: The stone is said to be of the...

Lusiads, trans. John James Aubertin (1878) The Lusiads, trans. Richard Francis Burton (1880) The Lusiads, trans. William C. Atkinson (Penguin, 1952) The...

entitled The Victorian Sex Explorer on Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) in which he retraces the travels of Burton through countries such as India and...

is a two-part 2000 miniseries, adapted by Peter Barnes from Sir Richard Francis Burton's translation of the medieval epic One Thousand and One Nights. Mili...

Francis Burton may refer to: Francis Burton (1696–1744), member of parliament for Coleraine, and for Clare Francis Burton (died 1832) (c. 1744–1832),...

respective fields. Previous Fellows have included British explorers Sir Richard Francis Burton, and Laurence Waddell, Officers of the British East India Company...

work in repertory theatre. Despite appearing as the explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton in the critically acclaimed Mountains of the Moon (1990), for much...

their tenth year, reach Egypt or Arabia in a state of virginity." Richard Francis Burton wrote about the Medina slaves, during his 1853 Haj, "a little black...