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	It is unclear whether Burton ever had homosexual relations, but he certainly investigated a male brothel said to be used by British soldiers, and the detail in his report has suggested to some that he may have been a customer. In his unexpurgated translation of the ''Arabian Nights'' he included a 14,000 word essay entitled "Pederasty" (Volume 10, section IV, D). Burton postulated that male homosexuality was prevalent in an area of the southern latitudes named by him the "[[Sotadic]] zone".		It is unclear whether Burton ever had homosexual relations, but he certainly investigated a male brothel said to be used by British soldiers, and the detail in his report has suggested to some that he may have been a customer. In his unexpurgated translation of the ''Arabian Nights'' he included a 14,000 word essay entitled "Pederasty" (Volume 10, section IV, D). Burton postulated that male homosexuality was prevalent in an area of the southern latitudes named by him the "[[Sotadic]] zone".

			Burton is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery at [[Mortlake]], in a tomb resembling a tent.

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	in the National Portrait Gallery]]Sir '''Richard Burton''' ('''Richard Francis Burton''', 1821–1890) was a writer, explorer and diplomat.		in the National Portrait Gallery]]Sir '''Richard Burton''' ('''Richard Francis Burton''', 1821–1890) was a writer, explorer and diplomat.

			He was born in [[Torquay]], but incorrectly claimed to have been born in the family home at Barham House in [[Elstree]] in Hertfordshire.<ref>Mary S Lovell, ''A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard & Isabel Burton'' (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988). ISBN 0-393-04672-9., page 1.</ref><ref>http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/burton/richard/b97zw/chapter1.html#section1 Thomas Wright, ''The Life of Sir Richard Burton'',
			(New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906). ISBN 1-4264-1455-2, volume 1, page 37.</ref>

	In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.		In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.
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	in the National Portrait Gallery]]~~''Not to be confused with Richard Burton the Welsh actor''~~		in the National Portrait Gallery]]Sir '''Richard Burton''' ('''Richard Francis Burton''', 1821–1890) was a writer, explorer and diplomat.
	Sir '''Richard Burton''' ('''Richard Francis Burton''', 1821–1890) was a writer, explorer and diplomat.

	In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.		In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.

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	In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.		In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.

	It is unclear whether Burton ever had homosexual relations, but he certainly investigated a male brothel said to be used by British soldiers, and the detail in his report has suggested to some that he may have been a customer. In his unexpurgated translation of the ''Arabian Nights'' he included a 14,000 word essay entitled "Pederasty" (Volume 10, section IV, D). Burton postulated that male homosexuality was prevalent in an area of the southern latitudes named by him the "Sotadic zone".		It is unclear whether Burton ever had homosexual relations, but he certainly investigated a male brothel said to be used by British soldiers, and the detail in his report has suggested to some that he may have been a customer. In his unexpurgated translation of the ''Arabian Nights'' he included a 14,000 word essay entitled "Pederasty" (Volume 10, section IV, D). Burton postulated that male homosexuality was prevalent in an area of the southern latitudes named by him the "[[Sotadic]] zone".

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Sir '''Richard Burton''' ('''Richard Francis Burton''', 1821–1890) was a writer, explorer and diplomat.

In 1853 he disguised himself as a Muslim and undertook the pilgrimage to Mecca. Had he been discovered there as a non-Muslim he would probably been killed.

It is unclear whether Burton ever had homosexual relations, but he certainly investigated a male brothel said to be used by British soldiers, and the detail in his report has suggested to some that he may have been a customer. In his unexpurgated translation of the ''Arabian Nights'' he included a 14,000 word essay entitled "Pederasty" (Volume 10, section IV, D). Burton postulated that male homosexuality was prevalent in an area of the southern latitudes named by him the "Sotadic zone".

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