Henry Francis Fynn

Deceased Person

1803 – 1861

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Who was Henry Francis Fynn?

Henry Francis Fynn was an English traveler and trader. His diary covers the period from 1824 to 1836 and is the story of the first white settler in Natal, the earliest account of life in Natal. It provides the best contemporary account of Shaka, and the nation and the kingdom of the Zulu in South Africa that he founded.

He was played by Robert Powell in the 1986 television drama Shaka Zulu.

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Born
Mar 29, 1803
London
Died
Sep 20, 1861
Durban

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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