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JAMES BUCKINGHAM

James Silk Buckingham was an English traveller, writer, and lecturer. He was born in 1786 near Falmouth and died in 1855. After trying several professions, and wandering over a great part of the world, he came to London, where he established the Athenaeum, well known as a literary journal. He also published his journal of travel in Palestine (1822), in Arabia (1825), in Mesopotamia (1827), and in Assyria and Media (1830). In 1832 he was chosen member of parliament for Sheffield, and retained his seat until 1837. Subsequently he made a tour of three years in America. In 1843 he became secretary to the British and Foreign Institute. He also published volumes on his Continental tours and an autobiography.
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