i12bent:Richard Francis Burton (Mar. 19, 1821 – 1890) was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguist, poet, hypnotist, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages…

Burton translated the Arabian Nights cycle and the Kama Sutra – all in unexpurgated prose, a little too rich in erotic detail for most Victorians…

Photo of Burton and his famous scar (caused by a javelin wielded by a Somali warrior), 1870

One of my own saints

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