Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821-90

Explorer, Scholar, Writer, Poet, Linguist, Anthopologist, Ethnologist, Swordsman etc.

I have had a great interest in Sir Richard Burton for a number of years. I think others might possibly like to see some pictures that I took (about five years apart) of the mausoleum which his wife Isabel built in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene's in Mortlake, Surrey, on the south-western outskirts of London. Never a pretentious site, the yard backs onto a primary school and is accessible with no fuss at all. Contact me by all means

I have tried to include here only items on Burton that are a little out of the ordinary - as well as some personal observations

DIRECTIONS for getting to the tomb N51deg 28.109' W00deg 15.660'

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A Burton inscription

LANGUAGES spoken by Burton

Stone Talk and a  letter by Burton - Original "Nights"

The Old Shekarry meets Richard Burton

Updated tomb interior pictures, five years later

A cartoon and a photograph

Inventory of tomb contents

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt - complete text of his controversial opinions of Burton Commentson Burton by myself, in the light of Blunt's opinions Brigham YoungBurton's description of him after their meeting in 1860 Search for the Nile The 1974 BBC series with Kenneth Haigh as Burton My own home page with LOTS of opinions, travel pictures, music etc.

For a broader source of Burton material please see this site