Edmund Musgrave Barttelot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Musgrave Barttelot

British Army officer

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1859

Place of Birth: Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1888

Profession: military officer, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Edmund Musgrave Barttelot (28 March 1859 – 19 July 1888) was a British Army officer, who became notorious after his allegedly brutal and deranged behaviour during his disastrous command of the rear column left in the Congo during H.
M.
Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition.
He has often been identified as one of the sources for the character of Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness.