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	James Augustus Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Augustus Grant (April 11, 1827 — February 11, 1892) was a Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa.
		Grant was born at Nairn, where his father was the parish minister, and educated at the grammar school and Marischal College, Aberdeen.
		Grant served in the intelligence department of the Abyssinian expedition of 1868; for this he was made C.S.I. and received the Abyssinian medal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Augustus_Grant (1259 words)

	James Grant - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		JAMES GRANT (1822-1887), British novelist, was born in Edinburgh on the 1st of August 1822.
		His father, John Grant, was a captain in the 92nd Gordon Highlanders and had served through the Peninsular War.
		For several years James Grant was in Newfoundland with his father, but in 1839 he returned to England, and entered the 62nd Foot as an ensign.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /James_Grant (228 words)

	Famous Grants
		From Brittania.com: "John Grant was the son of Thomas Grant of Norbrook and Alice Ruding.
		Grant was one of the participants in the Essex Rebellion, along with other Gunpowder Plotters such as Robert Catesby, Francis Tresham and John Wright.
		Grant was particularly active in resisting the pursuivants when they visited Norbrook, and the firmness and force of his resistance even started to discourage the pursuivants from searching Norbrook altogether.
	www.clangrant-us.org /famous.htm (1173 words)

	James Augustus Grant - LoveToKnow 1911
		JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT (1827-1892), Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa, was born at Nairn, where his father was the parish minister, on the 11th of April 1827.
		Speke was the leader, but Grant carried out several investigations independently and made valuable botanical collections.
		He made contributions to the journals of various learned societies, the most notable being the "Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition" in vol.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /James_Augustus_Grant (334 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: Great Scots of Note
		When James VI of Scotland went to England to be crowned James l of that southern state, he took his golf clubs with him.
		Born in Invernesshire, Grant spent many years as a youth in India, later travelling extensively in Italy and France before joining the influential British group of artists known as the Bloomsbury Group in the early part of the century.
		From Nairn, in the county of the same name, James Grant, soldier and explorer, accompanied John Hanning Speke on his search for the source of the Nile in the frenzy to discover Africa in mid-century.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/greatscots/g1.html (2470 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Third Generation Thomas James, and his wife, Elizabeth James, may have been the first of the family to become Quakers at a time in England when it was often dangerous to admit that one was a Quaker.
		Isaac James, the next in line, said that he was born in Virginia according to the cencuses of 1850, 1860, and 1870.
		John James, married Mary Evans Seventh Generation Isaac James, the fifth child of Moses and Mary, was born we think on March 1, 1790 in Virginia.
	www.jamesfamilyhistory.com /harlan_research.html (2375 words)

	duncan grant // biography (1885-1978) / gallery / prints
		Grant's cousins the Stracheys, with whom he had spent summer holidays as a schoolboy, played an important part in his life during this period.
		Despite Duncan Grant's homosexuality, he and Vanessa remained together for nearly fifty years, and they had a daughter Angelica who was born in 1918.
		Duncan Grant enjoyed a reputation as one of the most important British Artists until the late 1930s, after which period the influence of pre-war Bloomsbury was eclipsed by the second world war.
	www.leninimports.com /duncan_grant.html (759 words)

	James Joyce Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy.
		James Joyce's father, John Stanislaus Joyce, was a Cork man who had inherited enough property to ensure a comfortable living from rents, but his alcoholism led to a seemingly endless series of disasters which drove the family to abject poverty by the time young Joyce was mature.
		Many of James Joyce's fictional characters and stories are indebted to his father's humorous stories of Dublin and its pubs.
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/joyce.j.html (1734 words)

	Janus: Photographs of Zanzibar by James Augustus Grant, 1860
		J.A. Grant was on the island of Zanzibar with J.H. Speke before their expedition to seek the source of the Nile.
		Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Col. The Baron Van [sic] der Decken of the Hanoverian Army now on a journey to explore the Great Lake of Nyassa.'.
		Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Zanzibar, - looking on town from top of Consul's House - American merchants shipping look-out perched in top of house - Thatch made of cocoa nut leaf - mason work of corraline-plastered over in the better style of houses'.
	janus.lib.cam.ac.uk /db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0115/Y3047C (691 words)

	James Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James Grant (officer of arms) (1903-1981) Scottish officer of arms
		James Augustus Grant (1827-1892), Scottish explorer in east Africa
		James Benton Grant (1848-1911) U.S. Governor of Colorado
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Grant (178 words)

	John Hanning Speke
		Burton was embittered, because Speke declared Lake Victoria to be the Nile's source, whereas Burton believed Lake Tanganyika to be so, and because Speke had by then already been chosen to lead an expedition to further clarify the issue.
		Together with James Augustus Grant[?], Speke left from Zanzibar in October 1860.
		They travelled on the west side around Lake Victoria without actually seeing much of it, but on the north side of the lake, Speke found the Nile flowing out of it and discovered the Rippon Falls[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Speke.html (313 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Grant
		Grant, Juliet — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Democrat.
		Grant, Robert Allen (1905-1998) — also known as Robert A. Grant — of South Bend, St.
		Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent General" — of Galena,
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/grant.html (1161 words)

	Grant Projects Nearing Completion (USCS Spring 1999)
		Meg Moughan, head of the NHPRC grant "Accessing the Emerging South: A Project to Enhance Access to Unprocessed Manuscript Collections in the South Caroliniana Library," is currently working with Assistant Archivist Terry Lipscomb, and new graduate assistants Ryan Semmes and Amy Schoettingare.
		Moughan and her team are close to completing the processing and description of the fifteen collections designated in the NHPRC grant.
		In addition to re-housing the collections, the NEH grant is funding the conversion of the card-catalog collection descriptions for inclusion in the library's electronic catalog.
	www.sc.edu /library/socar/uscs/99spr/grant.html (609 words)

	GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS ... - Online Information article about GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS ...
		AUGUSTUS (1827–1892), Scottish explorer of eastern See also:
		leader, but Grant carried out several investigations independently and made valuable botanical collections.
		Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition " in vol.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GRANT_JAMES_AUGUSTUS_18271892_.html (382 words)

	Discoverers Web: Speke and Grant
		Burton was bittered, especially because Speke proclaiming that Lake Victoria was the source of the Nile, while Burton himself believed that there was a whole series of lakes which all were sources of the Nile.
		Speke chose James Augustus Grant, a friend from his army days, as his companion, while John Petherick, the British consul in Khartoum, was ordered to send ships upstream the Nile to Gondokoro to aid the explorers in their voyage back home.
		Grant had fallen ill again, so Speke was alone when he finally reached the Nile, the goal of his travels, on July 21, 1862.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/speke2.html (841 words)

	GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (18271892) - Encyclopedia Britannica - GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (18271892) - JCSM's Study Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (18271892) - Encyclopedia Britannica - GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (18271892) - JCSM's Study Center
		GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (18271892), Scottish explorer of eastern equatorial Africa, was born at
		, the most notable being the " Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition " in vol.
	jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/GOA_GRA/GRANT_JAMES_AUGUSTUS_18271892_.html (375 words)

	Kenya safari guide - Kenyalogy: History: Mountains of the Moon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The two explorers were received in what today is Kampala by the kabaka or king of Buganda, Mutesa I. There they were informed that a big stream surged eastwards from the north lake shore.
		Speke sent Grant to study the way back downstream towards the Mediterranean while he monopolized the great finding, a small cataract which he named Ripon Falls, where the lake overflowed to give birth to the large river.
		Speke joined Grant downstream to Khartoum, from where he sent a dispatch to London giving account of his discovery: "The Nilo is settled".
	www.kenyalogy.com /eng/info/histo6.html (2009 words)

	eBay.co.uk - James Grant, DVDs, Non-Fiction Books, Videos VHS PAL UK items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Grass is Greener by James Dillon White Cary Grant
		James Augustus Grant In Africa 1860-63 - RC Bridges
		JAMES GRANT - CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD/ SECOND TO NONE
	search.ebay.co.uk /James-Grant_W0QQfclZ4QQfnuZ1 (481 words)

	Library Briefings: Out of Africa Winter 2004
		James Augustus Grant (1827-1992), an African explorer, created some of the earliest stereoscopic images of Zanzibar.
		These images date from 1860 and are annotated by Grant, who is known for his best-selling book, A Walk across Africa: Or, Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal (London: Blackwood and Sons, 1864).
		Additional examples of Grant’s early photographs can be found at the Royal Geographic Society in London.
	www.library.northwestern.edu /librarybriefings/archives/000238.html (845 words)

	My GRANT Family Ancestral Line; in Jack Mount's Home Place - (Grant Genealogy)
		John C. GRANT reported in the NJ 1850 U. Census that he was age 36 and was born in Scotland.
		John C. GRANT owned a stone company and quarry in Trenton.
		Grant, James A. Notice of his death, 6 January 1874.
	members.cox.net /mountgen/grant.html (270 words)

	Amazon.ca: To the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa: Books: Pat Shipman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Burton, arriving two weeks later, found that his companion had received all the accolades and had been granted a second opportunity to carve his name in fame.
		Baker’s well documented perilous five-year African experience is now part of Victorian history, and the greater part of Shipman’s biography is a semi-fictional account of how the famous pair, realising that a mid-19th century England was no place for them, braved the fl continent.
		They confirmed that Victoria Nyanza was indeed the source of the Nile, but that another important lake, Luta N’Zigé, had not been explored and might have a bearing on the Nile question.
	www.amazon.ca /Heart-Nile-Florence-Exploration-Central/dp/0060505575 (2388 words)

	GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887) - Online Information article about GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
		GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887) - Online Information article about GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
		Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
		For several years James Grant was in See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GRANT_JAMES_18221887_.html (338 words)

	1860
		September 7 - Lady Elgin is accidentally rammed and sunk in Lake Michigan, hundreds drown.
		October - John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant[?] leave Zanzibar to search for source of the Nile.
		December 26 - Confederate diplomatic envoys James Mason[?] and John Slidell[?] are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and Great Britain.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/18/1860.html (292 words)

	COLONIAL DISCOURSES Series Two: Imperial Adventurers and Explorers Part 2: Papers of James Augustus Grant (1827-1892) ...
		Part 2 of this second series of Colonial Discourses covers the papers of James Augustus Grant (1827–1892) and John Hanning Speke (1827–1892) from the National Library of Scotland.
		After beginning their careers in the Bengal Army of India, Grant and Speke became the first Europeans to enter Uganda and spent much time with King Mutesa and local tribes.
		His family correspondence is frank and revealing and includes the letters of James Augustus Grant, junior, Grant’s eldest son, who accompanied Joseph Thomson on his last African expedition and who was also involved in Cecil Rhodes' plans for central Africa.
	www.ampltd.co.uk /collections_az/Col-Disc-2-2/highlights.aspx (275 words)

	Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many people have the surname Grant, and many places are named Grant.
		Cuthbert Grant, a Canadian leader in the early 19th century.
		James Augustus Grant, a Scottish explorer of Africa in the 19th century
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grant (513 words)

	Literature of Travel and Exploration -- E Entries
		Grant, James Augustus, “Summary of Observations Made by the Speke and Grant Expedition”,
		East India Company men in Tibet: the first European to visit Tibet, Bogle was sent on an embassy to the Panchen Lama in 1774; Manning, a doctor, made his daring solo expedition in 1811[-]12.
		The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster, Kt, to the East Indies , 1877; as
	www.routledge-ny.com /ref/travellit/azentriese.html (4870 words)

	GRANT, James Augustus, ALS Autograph Letter Signed 'J.A. Grant' to Sir Rawson dealing with Various Africa Related ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Grant continues to say that he regrets not having been able to attend Thomson's lecture.
		Sir Rawson wrote a paper 'On the Partition of Africa' which was published by the Royal Geographical Society in their Proceedings in November 1884 followed by a paper by Joseph Thomson 'Through the Masai Country to Victoria Nyanza' which appeared in the Proceedings of December 1884.
		This letter shows Grant's continuing interests with matters Africa long after he had returned from his Expedition.
	www.polybiblio.com.cob-web.org:8888 /milenium/20092.html (198 words)

	Squashed Writers - A Walk Across Africa - James Augustus Grant - condensed and abridged
		The expedition consisted of Captain Speke, the commandant, Captain Grant, second in command, ten Cape Mounted Rifles, four interpreters, two personal servants, sixty-four Seedee boys, 115 porters, eleven mules and five donkeys.
		Twenty-five Bclooclh soldiers escorted us for the first thirteen stages from the coast, and during the journey thirty Seedees and 113 porters deserted.
		On June 4 we sailed in the Pera for England, where we arrived in safety after an absence of eleven hundred and fortysix days.
	www.btinternet.com /~glynhughes/squashed/walkacrossafrica.htm (3264 words)

	Samuel White Baker, Sir Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Traveling up the Nile to Berber, Baker spent a year wandering along the Atbara River and the Blue Nile, hunting and learning Arabic before returning to Khartoum, from which he and his wife launched an expedition up the White Nile in December 1862.
		Arriving at Gondokoro, the Bakers met the British explorers John Hanning Speke and James Augustus Grant, who had reached Lake Victoria and the Nile from the East African coast.
		In 1863-1864 Baker and his wife discovered and explored the eastern shore of Lake Albert, visited Kamrasi, the ruler of Bunyoro, and after many delays returned to London, where Baker wrote an extremely popular book about his explorations and the horrors of the Sudanese slave trade.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/samuel-white-baker-sir (556 words)

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