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tribes. He was awarded in 1887 the Founder’s Medal of the
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authorities to countenance further Baptist advance beyond
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Grenfell of the Congo. Pioneer, missionary, and explorer
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108:Caroline Mary Grenfell,
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876:Joseph Jackson Fuller
730:, Curzon Press, 1995.
616:Grenfell of the Congo
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601:Navigating the Congo
493:Britannica website,
453:Geographical Journal
198:, West Africa, with
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911:Johann Ludwig Krapf
710:Sunday School Union
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94:Mary Hawkes (1877†)
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