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Harry Hamilton Johnston (1858–1927)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, taxonomy. Sir Henry (Harry) Hamilton Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. was a British explorer, botanist and administrator, one of the key players in the "Scramble for Africa" that occurred at the end of the 19th century. This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "H. H. J." Standard botanical author abbreviation: H.H.Johnst.

Harry Hamilton Johnston

Works

• The River Congo (1884)
• The Kilema-Njaro Expedition (1886)
• British Central Africa (1897)
• The Colonization of Africa (1899)
• The Uganda Protectorate (1902)
• The Nile Quest: The Story of Exploration (1903)
• Liberia (1906)
• George Grenfell and the Congo (1908)
• “Africa,” The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co., 1914. (contributor)
• A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages (1919, 1922)
• The Gay-Dombeys (1919) - a sequel to Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
• Mrs. Warren's Daughter (1920) -- a sequel to Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
• The Story of my Life (1923) - autobiography
• The Veneerings (1922) - a sequel to Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
• Pioneers in India (1913)
• Pioneers in Australasia (1913)
• Pioneers in Canada (1912)
• Pioneers in South Africa (1914)
• Pioneers in West Africa (1912)
• Pioneers in Tropical America (1914)

Encyclopaedia Britannica

• “Bantu Languages” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “British Central Africa” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Liberia” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Mandingo” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Tunisia” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Uganda” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Unyoro” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1927, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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