James Holman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Holman

Royal Navy officer

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1787

Place of Birth: Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1857

Profession: writer, author

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Holman FRS (15 October 1786 – 29 July 1857), known as the "Blind Traveller," was a British adventurer, author and social observer, best known for his writings on his extensive travels.
Completely blind and suffering from debilitating pain and limited mobility, he undertook a series of solo journeys that were unprecedented both in their extent of geography and method of "human echolocation".
In 1866, the journalist William Jerdan wrote that "From Marco Polo to Mungo Park, no three of the most famous travellers, grouped together, would exceed the extent and variety of countries traversed by our blind countryman." In 1832, Holman became the first blind person to circumnavigate the globe.
He continued travelling, and by October 1846 had visited every inhabited continent.



Alternative names	Qiannali; geo. chinnery; Chinnery; chinnery geo
Description	English painter
Date of birth/death	5 January 1774	30 May 1852
Location of birth/death	London	Macau
Work location	London (c. 1789–1796), Bristol (1796–1797), Dublin (1797–1802), Chennai (1802–1807), Kolkata (1807–1825), Guangzhou, Macau (1825–1852), Hong Kong (1846)
Authority control	: Q3089402 VIAF: 52499366 ISNI: 0000 0000 6677 5782 ULAN: 500124758 LCCN: n50038153 NLA: 35676900 WorldCat