Stanley (n.)

  1. United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)

    [ Syn: stanley , francis edgar stanley ]

  2. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)

    [ Syn: stanley , henry m. stanley , sir henry morton stanley , john rowlands ]

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