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Oct 01, 1865 Died on 11 Apr 1925 (aged 59)
American explorer and author
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About William Edgar Geil
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- William Edgar Geil (October 1, 1865, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania – April 11, 1925, in Venice) was an unordained evangelist, explorer, lecturer, photographer, and author of 10 books related to his travels.
- He lectured all over the world, illustrating his talks with lantern slides.
- He is believed to be the first American to have traveled the entire length of the 2,500-kilometer-long Ming section of the Great Wall of China.
- He visited the Five Sacred Mountains of China, about which he wrote in The Sacred 5 of China.
- He came to be considered an expert in Chinese culture and religion.
