Educated as a surgeon at Edinburgh, he served as a medical officer on a vessel in the East Indian trade.  
Educated as a surgeon at Edinburgh, he served as a medical officer on a vessel in the East Indian trade.  After becoming an expert on the animal and plant life of Sumatra, he gained the backing of the African Association for geographical investigations.  On the first, he was held captive by an Arab chief for four months; on the second, an 1812 government inquiry concluded, he was attacked near Segou on the Niger and drowned, and may have been eaten by crocodiles.  FTP name this Scottish explorer who charted the course of the Niger.
Educated as a surgeon at Edinburgh, he served as a medical officer on a vessel in the East Indian trade.  
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