Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of West Africa. After an exploration of the upper Niger River around 1796, he wrote a popular and influential travel book titled Travels in the Interior Districts of ... Wikipedia
Born: September 11, 1771, Selkirkshire, United Kingdom
Died: 1806 (age 35 years), Bussa, Nigeria
Parents: Mungo RN Park and Elspeth Hislop
Spouse: Allison Anderson (m. 1799–1806)
Education: The University of Edinburgh and Selkirk Grammar School
Nationality: British
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