Please answer the following question: Facts: - birth date: ' 1868 - name: john fraser - image size: 300px - image: round the world on a wheel-mr fraser in burma.jpg - birth place: united kingdom great britain - occupation: author , bicyclist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john foster fraser .
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sir john foster fraser -lrb- 1868 -- 7 july 1936 -rrb- was a british travel author .in july 1896 , he and two friends , samuel edward lunn and francis herbert lowe , took a bicycle trip around the world riding rover safety bicycles .they covered 19,237 miles in two years and two months , travelling through 17 countries and across three continents .he documented the trip in the book '' round the world on a wheel '' .between books he was a journalist .in 1901 while working for the yorkshire post he wrote among other things a 16 page description of queen victoria 's funeral .in the uk in 1916 he lectured on '' what i saw in russia '' .fraser was knighted in 1917 .