See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

AUGUSTUS 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)
• JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT (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 (1827–1892)  , Scottish explorer of eastern See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NAIRN

Nairn, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister, on the 11th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1827 . He was educated at the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school and Marischal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen, and in 1846 joined the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . He saw active service in the See also:

• SIKH

Sikh See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1848–49), served throughout the See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny of 1857, and was wounded in the operations for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of See also:

• LUCKNOW

Lucknow . He returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1858, and in 186o joined J . H . See also:

• SPEKE, HUGH (1656-c. 1724)
• SPEKE, JOHN HANNING (1827-1864)

Speke (q.v.) in the memorable expedition which solved the problem of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile See also:

• SOURCES

sources . The expedition See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• ZANZIBAR

Zanzibar in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 186o and reached See also:

• GONDOKORO

Gondokoro, where the travellers were again in See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization, in See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1863 . Speke was the See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, but 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 carried out several investigations independently and made valuable botanical collections . He acted throughout in See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty to his comrade . In 1864 he published, as supplementary to Speke's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of their See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey, A Walk across Africa, in which he dealt particularly with " the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• LIFE

life and pursuits, the habits and feelings of the natives " and the economic value of the countries traversed . In 1864 he was awarded the See also:

• PATRON

patron's See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal of the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society, and in 1866 given the Companionship of the See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath in recognition of his services in the expedition . He served in the intelligence See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the Abyssinian expedition of 1868; for this he was made C.S.I. and received the Abyssinian medal .

At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the war he re-tired from the army with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . He had married in 1865, and he now settled down at Nairn, where he died on the 11th of February 1892 . He made contributions to the See also:

• JOURNALS

journals of various learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, the most notable being the " See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition " in vol. See also:

• XXIX

xxix. of the Transactions of the Linnaean Society .