Westbeech, George
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Birthname | George Copp Westbeech | ||||
born on | 5 October 1844 at 17:10 (= 5:10 PM ) | ||||
Place | Liverpool, England, 53n25, 2w55 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m2w55 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
British elephant hunter, ivory trader and pioneer traveller of the Zambezi River and its valley in Africa. He died on 17 July 1888 at Kalfontein, Transvaal.
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Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from "White Induna" by Richard Sampson (Xlibris, 2008), p. 4: "On 5th October, 1844 a son was born . . . named George Copp Westbeech. In the fashion of the day, the registration details gravely state that the birth took place at 5.10 pm."
Categories
- Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur (Ivory trader)
- Vocation : Travel : Explorer
- Vocation : Misc. : Outdoor vocations (Elephant hunter)