Travelers in Asia Minor

Henry Algernon George Percy was born by the name of Earl Percy in 1871. He was the son of Henry George Percy, Earl Percy, and became the seventh duke of Northumberland upon his father’s demise in 1899. In 1895, Earl Percy visited Ottoman soil in Turkey which later led to several more trips across the Middle East with various other members …Continue reading →

 Sir John MacDonald Kinneir was born in Carndel, Linlithgow on February 3, 1782. His father was John MacDonald and worked as a comptroller of customs at Borrowstounness which is in Scotland. A comptroller is a management position responsible for overseeing the quality of accounting and financial reporting. His mother was Cecilia Maria Kinneir. John MacDonald Kinneir was a lieutenant-colonel in …Continue reading →

Thomas Howel was a doctor for the East India Company who travelled from India to western Turkey around Constantinople and Gallipoli. There is no entry for him within the Dictionary of National Biography, so I was forced to make some generalizations in regards to his life. In the beginning of the journal, Howel writes his name followed by M.D. and …Continue reading →

Robert MacDonald was born in Perthshire, Scotland in 1804. At a young age he aspired to be a soldier and dreamed of glory on the battlefield. Mr. MacDonald doesn’t speak much about his early childhood and teenage years throughout his account, titled a Personal Narrative of Military Travel and Adventure. The focus of his book isn’t as much about himself …Continue reading →

William John Hamilton was born on July 5th, 1805 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, England. He was the son of William Richard Hamilton, who was a geologist and antiquarian who specialized in the history of Egypt. He was educated first at the “Charter House, and subsequently at the University of Gottingen” (Cambridge Journal, 383). At the beginning of his career he was …Continue reading →

Edwin John Davis was a British Episcopalian chaplain who resided in Alexandria during the late 1800’s. He was a traveler who visited Asia Minor multiple times, visiting different regions such as Cilicia and Anatolia. His two works involving Asia Minor were titled “Life in Asiatic Turkey” and “Anatolica”. In reading his works, he was not so much a missionary but …Continue reading →

Henry J. Van Lennep was born in 1815 in Smyrna, or modern­day Izmir, Turkey. At the young age of 15, his parents sent him to the United States to receive a quality education. In 1837, Van Lennep graduated Amherst College with high honors. Two years later, in 1839, Van Lennep was ordained a Congregational minister. He quickly returned home to …Continue reading →

Before we explore the cities, monuments, and area explored by out traveler we must first know the traveler. Knowing the biography of the author is instrumental in the interpretation of any given work. In the particular care of Amurath to Amurath the author is Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell. Ms. Bell was no regular traveler or author, her career encompassed a …Continue reading →

Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell was an English antiquarian, a member of the Anglican clergy and an avid traveler of the worlds often untraveled by fellow Europeans. He was born during the month of July in 1780 at Launceston, Cornwall, England and was the son of a solicitor and a surgeon’s daughter. Thomas Jago and his wife Catherine sent their only child to …Continue reading →

George Hughes Hepworth, the preacher and journalist was born on February 4, 1833. As  he grew up he had the desire to become a preacher. During his early life, he was always at the head of the class. He was an author who had many ideas. He attended Harvard Divinity School in 1852. During his studies he came to question slavery. …Continue reading →