Grave of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who famously found Dr Livingston, marked by a granite monolith, St Michael & All Angels church, Pirbright Surrey UK
In the churchyard at St Michael and All Angels Church, Pirbright, a huge monolith of Dartmoor granite marks the grave of Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist, explorer, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the famous line: "Dr Livingstone, I presume?". He is mainly known for his search for the source of the Nile, work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of Belgium, which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and for his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899. The stone bears his African name 'BULA MATARI' meaning Breaker of Rocks, referring to his introduction of the sledgehammer to the Congo, enabling hundreds of miles of roads to be built, and his indomitable spirit when confronted with difficulties.
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Location: Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK
Photo credit: © Sam Oaksey / Alamy / Afripics
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