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Henry Francis Fynn

1803–1861 · 19th century

Henry Francis Fynn was an English trader and adventurer who arrived at Port Natal in 1824 with Francis Farewell's party and spent years at the courts of Shaka and Dingane. His diary, edited and published in 1950, is one of the main eyewitness sources for the early Zulu Kingdom, though it was partly rewritten later. He later served as a colonial magistrate.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Henry Francis Fynn. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/henry-francis-fynn
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The Epoch Institute. “Henry Francis Fynn.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/henry-francis-fynn.
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