Richard Jobson
Sign in to saveEnglish explorer of Ethiopia and the Gambia River
Person · Open Library
- Born
- fl. 1620
- Died
- 1623
- Works
- 7
Top works
- The golden trade
- The Virgin Insider's Guide to London
- The discovery of River Gambra (1623)
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,123
- Total plays
- 12,487
Tags
poetryspoken-word
At age 17 Richard Jobson was the front man for the Scottish Punk band 'The Skids', who had a string of hits in a 2 year period from 1979 to 1981, the biggest being the top 10 hit 'Into The Valley'. The band was formed by Jobson and his friend Stuart Adamson who went onto create Big Country. Jobson went on to become part of the critically successful 'The Armoury Show' before moving onto a long period of making spoken word poetry recordings for the <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Jobs
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- explorer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Jobson's (Richard Jobson) boat aground in the Gambia, from 1892 book The Story of Africa and its Explorers.jpg
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- date of death
- 1700-01-01
- date of birth
- 1620-01-01
- Commons category
- Richard Jobson
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