Mohun in the Congo c.1895. Seated at right is Sergeant Omari bo Hamise.
Born
April 12, 1864
Washington, D.C., United States
Died
July 13, 1915(1915-07-13) (aged 51)
Royal Oak, Maryland, United States
Occupation(s)
Explorer and soldier of fortune
Richard Dorsey Loraine Mohun (April 12, 1864 – July 13, 1915) was an American explorer, diplomat, mineral prospector and mercenary.[1][2] 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 colony.
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.
^Barrett-Gaines 1997, p. 54.
^"African Explorer Dead" (PDF), The New York Times, p. 9, 15 July 1915
Richard Dorsey Loraine Mohun (April 12, 1864 – July 13, 1915) was an American explorer, diplomat, mineral prospector and mercenary. Mohun worked for the...
into instituting reforms. These began with the appointment of American RichardMohun by Leopold II as director of Abir. However, rubber exports continued...
Russian 19th New Guinea Thomas Mitchell Scottish 19th Australian interior RichardMohun American 19th/20th Congo Free State Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons French...
Arab slave and ivory traders at Stanley Falls. Captain Chaltin and RichardMohun—a commercial agent for the United States and the commander of the artillery...
Philippa de Mohun (c. 1367 – 17 July 1431) was Duchess of York, as a result of her third marriage to Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (c.1373–1415)...
Henry de la Lindi [fr], explorer Charles Lemaire, American explorer RichardMohun, Colonel Emmanuel Muller, German explorer Paul Reichard, Captain Albert...
1594. John de Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun (d. 1330) John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun (c. 1320–1375) abeyant 1375 Richard le Strange, 3rd Baron Mohun (1381–1449)...
Mohuns Ottery or Mohun's Ottery (/ˌmuːnzˈɒtəri/ "moon's awtrey"), is a house and historic manor in the parish of Luppitt, 1 mile south-east of the village...
got merged with the more than a century old club, Mohun Bagan to form ATK Mohun Bagan. In ATK Mohun Bagan's first Indian Super League match on 20 November...
Charles Eli Mix (1810–1878), commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs RichardMohun (1864–1915), explorer and diplomat George Washington Montgomery (1804–1841)...
of the pain reliever Tylenol, in Bethel, Connecticut (d. 2010) Died: RichardMohun, American explorer, commercial agent for the United States in Angola...
professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan SG. Born in Scotland, he represents the Australia national team, after...
descendant was John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1595–1641) who was elevated to the peerage by King Charles I as Baron Mohun of Okehampton, in...
friends' farewell to a 'great campaigner'". Camden New Journal. Himmelweit & Mohun 2008. Landy 2012, p. 86. Rosen 2011, p. 38. Landy 2012, p. 16. "Jewish activists...
people were killed in a stampede and riot inside Eden Gardens during a Mohun Bagan-East Bengal Calcutta Football League (CFL) match on 16 August 1980...
Global Information