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J JOHNSTON

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 474 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHNSTON  . E . See also:George Grenfell and the See also:Congo (1908) . During his travels in the See also:north-eastern See also:part of the Congo See also:Free See also:State in 1900 he was instrumental in discovering and naming the See also:okapi, a mammal nearly allied to the See also:giraffe . His name has been connected with many other discoveries in the See also:African See also:fauna and See also:flora .

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