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Hoffman , William , 1868-1941 , traveller in Africa
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William Hoffman was in the service of Henry Morton Stanley 1884-1888 (including on the Emin Pasha relief expedition during 1887) and worked as an interpreter for the Congo Free State from 1891. See Hoffman's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for full biographical details.