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[[File:The Chandless tomb, St Marys, Paddington.jpg|thumb|The Chandless tomb, St Marys, Paddington]]<br />
'''William Chandless''' (7 November 1829<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KlgMAAAAIAAJ&q=%22William+Chandless%22+1829 Biography in ''Geographical Journal'', vol. 8, p. 77]</ref>&ndash;5 May 1896)<ref>[http://www.sussex-opc.org/index.php?c=37&t=moninsc&k=1308&l=102 Sussex Online Parish Clerks]</ref> was an [[English people|English]] [[explorer]] of the [[Amazon Basin]] in the 1860s.<br />
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==Life==<br />
During his time in the Amazon he lived in [[Manaus]] (now the capital of [[Brazil]]'s [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas]] state) from where he explored many of the [[Amazon River]]'s southern [[Tributary|tributaries]] and contacted various [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous tribes]]. Arawá, the extinct language after which the [[Arauan languages|Arauan language group]] is named, is only known from a short list of words he collected in 1867.<br />
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Chandless sent reports of his expeditions to the [[Royal Geographical Society]], which published them in its journal. In 1866, following his survey of the [[Purus River]], the Society awarded him its Patron's Medal.<br />
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==Death and legacy==<br />
Chandless died in [[London]] and is buried with his uncle, Henry Gore Chandless (1802 - 6 February 1893), and grandfather, Thomas Chandless (1760 - 11 April 1823) in an impressive tomb, north-east of St Mary's Church in Paddington, [[London]].<br />
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Recently, in 2003, a protected area on Brazil's border with [[Peru]], Chandless State Park, was named in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2003/2003-09-10-03.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 April 2006 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195208/http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2003/2003-09-10-03.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> A river running through the area has also been named after him.<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/visittosaltlakeb00chan Chandless, William, A visit to Salt Lake: being a journey across the plains and a residence in the Mormon settlements at Utah, Smith, Elder and Co, London, 1857.]<br />
* William Chandless, ''[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1798493/page/n1/mode/2up Ascent of the River Purus]'', Royal Geographical Society of London: 1866.<br />
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