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Count Sámuel Teleki de Szék (November 1, 1845 – March 10, 1916) was a Hungarian explorer who led the first expedition to Northern Kenya. He was the first European to see, and name, Lake Rudolf (Lake Turkana).

Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 His first expedition 3 His collection 4 Teleki's volcano 5 East African diaries 6 References

[edit]Early life

Teleki was born in Dumbrăvioara (Sáromberke), a village in the Kingdom of Hungary, Transylvania (in today's Mureş County, Romania). He was a member of a prominent Hungarian family active in both politics and culture. His great-grandfather ^[1] Sámuel Teleki (1739–1822), a chancellor of Transylvania, had founded theTeleki library in Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely), one of the first Hungarian public libraries, which opened in 1802 and holds today more than 200,000 priceless volumes.

For some 40 years, Count Sámuel Teleki von Szék, "a jovial Hungarian aristocrat of immense wealth," managed his property and assets and started a political career by becoming a member of the Hungarian Upper House of Parliament in 1881. A keen hunter, he was fascinated by the early A