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Ewart Grogan

Ewart Scott Grogan (1874–1967) was a British explorer, politician, and entrepreneur. He was the first person to walk the length of Africa, following a path from Cape Town to Cairo.^[1][2]

[edit] Biography

Edward Grogan was educated at Winchester College and Jesus College, Cambridge, which he left without taking a degree.^[3] He subsequently spent some time at the Slade School of Art before going to Bulawayo to help defend the town in the second Second Matabele War.

He fell in love with Gertrude Watt, the sister of a Cambridge classmate, but her stepfather disapproved of the match; while Grogan came from a respectable family, his own life had little to recommend it. He proposed becoming the first man to make the Cape-to-Cairo journey; the stepfather agreed that this would be a suitable test of his character and seriousness.^[4]

He then commenced his expedition from Cape Town to Cairo, reaching Cairo in 1900, after two and a half years of travelling. Grogan wrote about his journey in From the Cape to Cairo; the first traverse of Africa from south to north (1902).

[edit] First World War

In October 1914 Grogan traversed part of German East Africa to Kivu where he met his old friend the Belgian Josué Henry.^[5]

Most of his subsequent life was spent in east Africa, mainly Kenya. He died in South Africa at the age of 92

[edit] Legacy

In 2007, American journalist Julian Smith retraced the route of Grogan through Africa, and wrote about it in the book Crossing the Heart of Africa (2010).^[6] The book also re-tells Grogan's journey.

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Paice, E. (2007) Tip & Run: The Untold Tragedy of the Great War in Africa London: Phoenix ISBN 978-0-7538-2349-1 

[edit] External links

• Works by and about Ewart Scott Grogan at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions)
• "African Traveler Here: Ewart W. Grogan Tells of His Journeys from South to North" (PDF). The New York Times. 1900-11-18. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E0DE4DB163CE433A2575BC1A9679D946197D6CF. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
• Roberts, Chalmers. (January 1901). "A Wonderful Feat of Adventure". The World's Work. http://www.travelhistory.org/adventure/WonderfulFeat/WonderfulFeatOfAdventure-01.html. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
• People of Africa's Past: Ewart Grogan. Travel Africa Magazine. Spring 2000. http://www.travelafricamag.com/content/view/370/56/. Retrieved 2009-01-11.

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