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Title:Brief sketch on the life and character of the late Hon. Benj. J.K. Anderson, M.A. Ph.D. K.C.
Author:Geysbeek, TimISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:History in Africa
Volume:34
Pages:43-54
Language:English
Geographic term:Liberia
Subjects:in memoriams (form)
biographies (form)
About person:Benjamin J.K. Anderson (1834-1910)ISNI
External link:http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/history_in_africa/v034/34.1geysbeek.pdf
Abstract:Benjamin Anderson (1835-1910), Liberia's great explorer of the 19th century, was at the forefront of encouraging the government to establish a viable economic and political presence in the deep interior. He is most noted for having travelled to the fabled town of Musadu in today's Guinea. Primary source information about Anderson's life comes from his own writings, scattered publications, and archival material. The most complete contemporary account - published in this article - is an obituary that an unknown author wrote shortly after Anderson died. This paper's title is the same as the original title of the obituary. The document gives interesting bits of information about Anderson's life that are not found in other sources. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]

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