John Hanning Speke
Military Officer, Author
1827 – 1864
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Who was John Hanning Speke?
John Hanning Speke was an officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa and who is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and the discovery and naming of Lake Victoria. He is also known for propounding the Hamitic hypothesis in 1863 - his writings are an example of scientific racism. In this hypothesis, he supposed that the Tutsi ethnic group were descendants of the biblical figure, Ham, and had lighter skin and more “European” features than the Bantu-featured Hutu over whom they ruled.
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- Born
- May 4, 1827
Somerset - Also known as
- Спик, Джон Хеннинг
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Employment
- Saharan explorers
- British Indian Army
- Died
- Sep 15, 1864
Bath
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on July 23, 2013
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