Novelist James Bruce

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James Bruce

Living place: Scotland

Birthday: 14-12-1730

Global rank: #47580

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Who is Novelist James Bruce?
A Scottish travel writer, he has spent time in Ethiopia and North Africa. His most famous work is Travels to Explore the Sources of the Nile (1790).
He spent more than twelve years in Africa.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended the University of Edinburgh, to become a lawyer. Eventually, however, he became a wine merchant. In 1754, he began his legendary journey.

Family life info

He grew up in Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Less than a year after their marriage in 1754, his wife died.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist James Bruce?
He was a leading 18th century Scottish explorer, like Thomas Mitchell, who explored the Southeast Australia.

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When was Novelist James Bruce born?
James Bruce was born in 14-12-1730, death year is , at the age of 294.
Where is Novelist James Bruce's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
James Bruce was born in . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. James Bruce's global rank is 47580 and whose rank is 348 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1730 and 14-12

Birthday James Bruce (14-12) in history

  • Day 14-12 year 1799: The founder of the United States, George Washington, passed away at the age of 67.
  • Day 14-12 year 1819: Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States.
  • Day 14-12 year 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
  • Day 14-12 year 1939: The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
  • Day 14-12 year 1967: DNA synthesized for the first time.
  • Day 14-12 year 1981: Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.
  • Day 14-12 year 1985: Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
  • Day 14-12 year 1989: Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
  • Day 14-12 year 2012: Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.
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