caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
mohun right is sergeant omari bo hamise in the congo c. 1895 , seated at 13 july 1915 royal oak , maryland , united states washington , d.c. , united states april 12 , 1864 r dorsey mohun in congo.jpg richard mohun
 richard d mohun explorer and soldier of fortune
richard mohun

richard dorsey loraine mohun -lrb- april 12 , 1864 -- july 13 , 1915 -rrb- was an american explorer , diplomat , mineral prospector and soldier of fortune .
mohun worked for the united states government as a commercial agent in angola and the congo free state .
during his time as commercial agent , he volunteered to command a unit of belgian artillery in a campaign to force arab slavers from the country .
mohun remained in the service of the us government during this time and was subsequently posted as consul to zanzibar .
in this capacity , he was called upon to act as an intermediary between the combatants in the anglo-zanzibar war .
following the conclusion of his three-year posting , mohun returned to the congo to prospect for minerals , and later worked with the belgian authorities .
his most ambitious undertaking was a three-year expedition , beginning in 1898 , that laid a telegraph line from lake tanganyika to stanley falls .
he then spent some time prospecting in south africa before returning to the congo to reform the abir congo company on behalf of leopold ii of belgium .
