death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name
03 june 1900 simon 's town , south africa islington , london english 13 october 1862 travels and writings on west africa mary kingsley west african studies.jpg mary kingsley
 mary kingsley
mary kingsley

mary henrietta kingsley -lrb- 13 october 1862 -- 3 june 1900 -rrb- was an english ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout west africa and resulting work helped shape european perceptions of african cultures and british imperialism .
