John Hanning Speke
British military officer and explorer (1827–1864)
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- Born
- 1827
- Died
- 1864
- Works
- 30
Top works
- Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile
- Hunt for the Source of the Nile
- Discovery of the Source of the Nile
- First footsteps in East Africa
- What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
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Speke's coat of arms: Argent, two bars azure overall an eagle with two heads displayed gules (Speke of Whitelackington) with honourable augmentation a chief azure thereon a representation of flowing water proper superinscribed with the word "Nile" in letters gold
John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and, with Richard Burton, was the first European to reach Lake Victoria.
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1827 births1864 deathsAccidental deaths in EnglandBritish East India Company Army officersBritish explorers of AfricaBritish Indian Army officersBritish military personnel of the Crimean WarBritish military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh WarBritish white supremacistsDeaths by firearm in EnglandEnglish explorersFirearm accident victims