See also:CHARLES TILSTONE See also:BEKE (1800-1874)
, See also:English traveller, geographer and Biblical critic, was See also:born in See also:Stepney, See also:Middlesex, on the loth of See also:October 1800
.
His See also:father was a See also:merchant in See also:London, and See also:Beke engaged for a few years in See also:mercantile pursuits
.
He afterwards studied See also:law at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn, and for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time practised at the See also:bar, but finally devoted himself to the study of See also:historical, See also:geographical and ethnographical subjects
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The first-fruits of his researches appeared in his See also:work entitled Origines Biblicae, or Researches in Primeval See also:History, published in 1834
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An See also:attempt to reconstruct the See also:early history of the human See also:race from See also:geological data, it raised a See also:storm of opposition on the See also:part of defenders of the traditional readings of the See also:book of See also:Genesis; but in recognition of the value of the work the university of See also:Tubingen conferred upon him the degree of Ph.D
.
For about two years (1837-1838) Beke held the See also:post of acting See also:British See also:consul in See also:Saxony
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From that time till his See also:death his See also:attention was largely given to geographical studies, chiefly of the See also:Nile valley
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Aided by private See also:friends, he visited See also:Abyssinia in connexion with the See also:mission to See also:Shoa sent by the See also:Indian See also:government under the leadership of See also:Major (afterwards See also:Sir) See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Cornwallis See also:Harris, and explored Gojam and more See also:southern regions up to that time unknown to Europeans
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Among other achievements, Beke was the first to determine, with any approach to scientific accuracy, the course of the Abai (See also:Blue Nile)
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The valuable results of this See also:journey, which occupied him from 1840 to
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1843, he gave to the See also:world in a number of papers in scientific publications, chiefly in the See also:Journal of the Royal Geographical Society
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On his return to London, Beke re-engaged in See also:commerce, but devoted all his leisure to geographical and kindred studies
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In 1848 he planned an expedition from the mainland opposite See also:Zanzibar to discover the See also:sources of the Nile
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A start was made, but the expedition accomplished little
.
Beke's belief that the
See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Nile was the See also:main stream was, however, shown to be accurate by subsequent exploration
.
In 1856 he endeavoured; unsuccessfully, to establish commercial relations with Abyssinia through See also:Massawa
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In 1861–1862 he and his wife travelled in See also:Syria and See also:Palestine, and went to See also:Egypt with the See also:object of promoting See also:trade with Central See also:Africa and the growth of See also:cotton in the See also:Sudan
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In 1865 he again went to Abyssinia, for the purpose of obtaining from See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Theodore the See also:release of the British captives
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On learning that the captives had been released, Beke turned back, but Theodore afterwards re-arrested the party
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To the military expedition sent to effect their release Beke furnished much valuable See also:information, and his various services to the government and to geographical See also:research were acknowledged by the See also:award of £soo in 1868 by the secretary for See also:India, and by the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant of a See also:civil See also:list See also:pension of £See also:loo in 187o
.
In his seventy-See also:fourth See also:year he undertook a journey to Egypt for the purpose of determining the real position of See also:Mount See also:Sinai
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He conceived that it was on the eastern See also:side of the Gulf of See also:Akaba, and his journey convinced him that his view was right
.
It has not, however, commended itself to See also:general See also:acceptance
.
Beke died at See also:Bromley, in See also:Kent, on the 31st of See also:July 1874
.
Beke's writings are very numerous
.
Among the more important, besides those already named, are: An See also:Essay on the Nile and its Tributaries (1847), The Sources of the Nile (186o), and The British Captives in Abyssinia (1865)
.
He was a See also:fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and for his contributions to the knowledge of Abyssinia received its See also:gold See also:medal, and also that of the Geographical Society of See also:France
.
As a result of a controversy over the statements of another Abyssinian explorer, See also:Antoine See also:Abbadie, Beke returned the medal awarded him by the See also:French Society
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Sec See also:Summary of the See also:late Dr Beke's published See also:works and
.
. . public services, by his widow (Tunbridge See also:Wells, 1876)
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