James Bruce

James Bruce
Born(1730-12-14)14 December 1730
Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died27 April 1794(1794-04-27) (aged 63)
Stirlingshire, Scotland
Occupations
  • Traveller
  • travel writer
Known forTraced the origins of the Blue Nile
Notable workTravels (1790)

James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the second European to trace the origins of the Blue Nile from Egypt and Sudan, after the Spanish Pedro Paez.