Francis Younghusband
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) was a British explorer, remembered chiefly for his exploits in the Far East and his writings on the subject.
He was born at Murree in India to a British family. In 1886 he made an expedition into Manchuria, and was responsible for discovering the Mustagh Pass as a route between Kashgar and India. In 1904 he lead a military expedition to Tibet as a result of disputes over the Sikkim-Tibet border.
He subsequently settled in Kashmir for several years.
Younghusband is also known as the founder of the World Congress of Faiths (1936).
Further reading
- French, Patrick. 1994. Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer. HarperCollinsPublishers, Great Britan. Reprint: 1995.
- Candler, Edmund The Unveiling of Lhasa. (Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd ?1905)