John Hanning Speke
British Indian Army officer and explorer (1827–1864) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the English MP, see John Speke (landowner).
Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in Luganda).
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John Hanning Speke | |
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| Born | (1827-05-04)4 May 1827 |
| Died | 15 September 1864(1864-09-15) (aged 37) Neston Park, Wiltshire, England |
| Burial place | Dowlish Wake, Somerset, England |
| Occupation(s) | Military officer and explorer |
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Speke is also known for propounding the Hamitic hypothesis in 1863, in which he supposed that the Tutsi ethnic group were descendants of the biblical figure Ham, and had lighter skin and more Hamitic features than the Bantu Hutu over whom they ruled.