Richard Lemon Lander was a British 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.
- Occupation
- explorer, writer, traveler
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 8, 1804, 1804
- Died
- February 6, 1834, 1834