Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: nairn , scotland - module: yes bengal army serviceyears = 1848 -- 1868 rank = lieutenant-colonel nickname unit = battles = sikh war indian mutiny 1868 expedition = to abyssinia awards = allegiance = british empire branch = - death date: yes 11 february 1892 - awards: cb , csi , frs , frgs - birth date: yes 11 april 1827 - name: james augustus grant - image size: 200px - image: st-grant . jpg - birth place: nairn , scotland - occupation: explorer , author , armed forces officer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james augustus grant .
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james augustus grant , cb , csi , frs , frgs -lrb- 11 april 1827 -- 11 february 1892 -rrb- was a scottish explorer of eastern equatorial africa .grant was born at nairn in the scottish highlands , where his father was the parish minister , and educated at nairn academy , aberdeen grammar school and marischal college , aberdeen .in 1846 he joined the indian army .he saw active service in the sikh war -lrb- 1848 -- 49 -rrb- , served throughout the indian mutiny of 1857 , and was wounded in the operations for the relief of lucknow .he returned to england in 1858 , and in 1860 joined john hanning speke in the memorable expedition which solved the problem of the nile sources .the expedition left zanzibar in october 1860 and reached gondokoro , where the travellers were again in touch with what they regarded civilization , in february 1863 .speke was the leader , but grant carried out several investigations independently and made valuable botanical collections .he acted throughout in absolute loyalty to his comrade .in 1864 he published , as supplementary to speke 's account of their journey , '' a walk across africa '' , in which he dealt particularly with '' the ordinary life and pursuits , the habits and feelings of the natives '' and the economic value of the countries traversed .in 1864 he was awarded the patron 's medal of the royal geographical society , and in 1866 given the companionship of the bath in recognition of his services in the expedition .grant served in the intelligence department of the abyssinian expedition of 1868 ; for this he was made c.s.i. and received the abyssinian medal .at the close of the war he retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant-colonel .grant had married in 1865 , and he now settled down at nairn , where he died in 1892 .he was buried in the crypt of st paul 's cathedral .he made contributions to the journals of various learned societies , the most notable being the '' botany of the speke and grant expedition '' in vol .xxix .of the '' transactions of...