article_snippet.sent: One of 1961 three young Oxford graduates set off to explore the Iriri river in a remote part of the Amazon, Richard Mason, became the last Englishman to be killed by an uncontacted tribe, when he was murdered with bows and arrows.
article_snippet.sent: The second, Kit Lambert, went on to manage The Who.
article_snippet.sent: Well, not in this case - because Wallace, Bates and Spruce were all classic examples of Victorian self-improvement.
article_snippet.sent: None was from a rich family and none went to school beyond 14.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, after a few months together, the pair amicably separated.
article_snippet.sent: Even so, when it comes to understatement, himself's still no match for the three Victorians.