Dixon Denham

(1786-1828)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Denham, Dixon, 1786-1828 NRA: Denham, Dixon (1786-1828) African Traveller DNB: Denham, Dixon (1786-1828), explorer in Africa LBT ID: DiDenha1828 VIAF ID: 10628443 LOC ID: nr2002016782	B/BAP: 1786-01-01 DIED: 1828-06-09
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After service in the Peninsular War and at Sandhurst he led an expedition to Africa, 1822-25; he published Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa (1826).
REFERENCES TO Dixon Denham: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IX 1826 Found 1: ¶ 18 Chapter X 1826 Found 1: ¶ 13 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXVII. Found 1: ¶ 26 Chap. XXX. Found 1: ¶ 43