Sir Henry Morton Stanley - biography.

Sir Henry Morton Stanley - biography. Anglo-American journalist and explorer Birth January 28, 1841 Death May 10, 1904 Place of Denbigh, Wales Birth Known for Opening Central Africa to exploration and commercialization by European powers Locating Scottish missionary-explorer David Livingstone in East Africa in 1871 Milestones 1868 As a reporter for the New York Herald, was the first to report the British defeat of Ethiopian Emperor Theodore II at Magdala, Ethiopia November 10, 1871 Found David Livingstone in Ujiji, on Lake Tanganyika, East Africa 1874-1877 Embarked on second expedition to Africa, during which he circumnavigated Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika; traced the course of the Congo River, crossing Africa from east to west 1879 Returned to the Congo River under sponsorship of King Leopold II of Belgium to set up trading posts 1888 Rescued Emin Pasha, administrator in the Sudan, who had been holding out against a Muslim uprising for several years 1889 Traveled with Emin Pasha to Zanzibar, crossing Africa from west to east 1889? Sighted the Ruwenzori Range, known in the past as the fabled 'Mountains of the Moon' and believed in ancient times to be the source of the Nile 1895 Won a seat in the British Parliament 1899 Was knighted by Queen Victoria Quote 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?' Reportedly said in greeting to David Livingstone, November 10, 1871. Did You Stanley was known by Africans as Bula Matari ('breaker of rocks') for showing them how to break up rocks in the construction of roads. Know Stanley joined the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and was captured; he was released after agreeing to join the Union Army, became ill, and was discharged. The expedition to find David Livingstone was a New York Herald assignment given to Stanley by the newspaper's editor. Stanley was born John Rowlands, the illegitimate child of an absent father and a mother who died when he was young; as an adult he changed his name to Henry Morton Stanley, after a New Orleans businessman who gave him a job. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.