Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley net worth and salary: Mary Kingsley is a Non-Fiction Author who has a net worth of $40 million. Mary Kingsley was born in in October 13, 1862. Remembered for her bestselling 1897 book Travels in West Africa, this British explorer, ethnographic scholar, and author was responsible for work that was groundbreaking in its humanization of various African cultural groups, all of whom were largely viewed as inferior by the British imperialist government.
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Popular As Mary Kingsley
Occupation Non-Fiction Author
Age years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born October 13, 1862 (England)
Birthday October 13
Town/City England
Nationality England

🌙 Zodiac

Mary Kingsley’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Mary Kingsley was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

About

Remembered for her bestselling 1897 book Travels in West Africa, this British explorer, ethnographic scholar, and author was responsible for work that was groundbreaking in its humanization of various African cultural groups, all of whom were largely viewed as inferior by the British imperialist government.

Before Fame

She made her first visit to Africa in the early 1890s.

Trivia

She died of typhoid fever while working as a nurse in Cape Town, South Africa.

Family Life

She grew up in London, England, as the oldest daughter of Mary Bailey and physician and travel writer George Kingsley. Both of her paternal uncles, Henry and Charles Kingsley, were novelists.

Associated With

She and Arthur Newman were both late 19th-century travel writers who explored the African continent.

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