Laing, Alexander Gordon
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Name (Latin)
Laing, Alexander Gordon
Other forms of name
Laing, Gordon, d. 1826
Date of birth
1793-12-27
Date of death
1826-09-26
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Les mysteres de la Sierra Leone, 1992:t.p. (Major Gordon Laing) p. 10 (Alexander Gordon Laing) p. 18 (murdered 9/26/1826)
- Concise DNB, to 1900(Laing, Alexander Gordon, African traveler; 1793-1826)
- LC database, 4/21/94(hdg.: Laing, Alexander Gordon)
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Alexander Gordon Laing
Samuel Freeman
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File:Alexander Gordon Laing.jpg
Samuel Freeman
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Wikipedia description:
Major Alexander Gordon Laing (27 December 1794 – 26 September 1826) was a Scottish explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu, arriving there via the north-to-south route in August 1826. He was killed shortly after he departed Timbuktu, some five weeks later.
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