Baker

Sir Samuel, the great African explorer, was bom in 1821 A.D. in London, but was brought up in Ceylon. His best work was done in the Nile basin, where, in 1863, he met Speke and Grant on their return from the discovery of the Victoria Nyanza. He wrote several books on Ceylon, the Nile, and Cyprus, the last of which he explored after the British occupation in 1879.