Quote by: Richard Francis Burton

I'd like to be born the son of a duke with 90,000 pounds a year, on an enormous estate.... And I'd like to have the most enormous library, and I'd like to think that I could read those books forever and forever, and die unlamented, unknown, unsung, unhonored - and packed with information.


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  • NameRichard Francis Burton
  • DescriptionBritish explorer, writer and adventurer
  • AliasesSir Richard Burton; Richard F. Burton
  • BornMarch 19, 1821
  • DiedOctober 20, 1890
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTranslator; Explorer; Writer; Poet; Diplomat; Soldier; Ethnologist; Linguist; Cartographer; Historian
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George; Knight Commander Of The Order Of St Michael And St George