About Benjamin Anderson
Lived 1834 – 1910 (aged 75–76). Benjamin Anderson was a Liberian explorer.
Benjamin Joseph Knight Anderson (1834–1910) was a Liberian traveler, politician, and educator. He is known for having ventured into the then little known city of Musardu and published an account of it.
Early life Benjamin Joseph Knight Anderson was born 1834 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. On February 14, 1868, he embarked on a journey to Musardu, a city in what is now found in Guinea in the western part of the Mandingo region; In his later life, he stopped exploring and settled down as a mathematics teacher at an educational institution in Liberia. He retired in "the late 1890s". while another states that he died on June 27, 1910.
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Who was Benjamin Anderson?
Liberian traveller, politician, and educator
When was Benjamin Anderson born?
Benjamin Anderson was born in 1834.
When did Benjamin Anderson die?
Benjamin Anderson died in 1910.
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Benjamin Anderson was an explorer.
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Benjamin Anderson was Liberian.
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