John Rowlands had become Henry Morton Stanley, who began living a very American ... London, England, October 20, 1871—In his prime, Sir Roderick Murchison had been the consummate outdoorsman.

Henry Morton Stanley, photographed in 1872 at age 31, is best known for his epic search for the missionary David Livingstone, whom he finally encountered in 1871 in present-day Tanzania.

Most famous for allegedly uttering the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume," Henry Morton Stanley was one of the most well-known of all nineteenth-century British explorers. In his early years (as ...

The great adventurer Henry Morton Stanley was born in Denbigh, North Wales in 1841. Christened John Rowlands, Stanley adopted the name of his benefactor in New Orleans after he ran away to sea ...