page_title: Richard Lander
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Lander / Biography / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Richard and John Lander proceeding down the Niger. Wellcome Images Keywords: Richard Lander
context_page_description: Richard Lemon Lander was an English explorer of western Africa. He and his brother John were the first Europeans to follow the course of the River Niger, and discover that it led to the Atlantic.
context_section_description: In Truro, a monument to his memory by English sculptor Neville Northey Burnard stands at the top of Lemon Street and Richard Lander School is named in his honour also housing estate Trelander which in Cornish means home or town of Lander.The building of the column commenced in 1835. In 1832 he became the first winner of the Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal, "for important services in determining the course and termination of the Niger".
  To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Lander and celebrate the Lander brothers’ remarkable achievements an 'Expedition of Goodwill' was sent in November 2004 to retrace their historic river journey.
caption: The Lander brothers travelling down the Niger
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