Sir Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone, whom he later claimed to have greeted with the now-famous line: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1897, and served in Parliament as a Liberal Unionist member for Lambeth North from 1895 to 1900. Early life Henry Stanley was born in 1841 as John Rowlands in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. His mother Elizabeth Parry was 18 years old at the time of his birth. She abandoned him
Sir Henry Morton Stanley (nacido John Rowlands; 28 de enero de 1841 – 10 de mayo de 1904) fue un explorador, periodista, soldado, administrador colonial, escritor y político galés que fue famoso por su exploración de África Central y su búsqueda del misionero y explorador David Livingstone, a quien más tarde afirmó haber saludado con la ahora famosa línea: "Dr. Livingstone, ¿supoño?". Además de su descubrimiento de Livingstone, es conocido principalmente por su búsqueda de las fuentes de los ríos Nilo y Congo, el trabajo que emprendió como un agente del rey Leopold II de los belgas que permitió la ocupación de la región de la cuenca del Congo, y su mando de la expedición de rescate Emin Pasha.