Il giornalista irlandese James Boucher esegue una danza tradizionale bulgara “rachenitsa”, dipinto di Ivan Mrkvička, 1894

An Irish journalist and political activist, he worked for many years as a Balkan correspondent for the British daily newspaper The Times. He lived in Sofia from 1892 to 1915 and became an honorary member of the Sofia Journalists’ Society.

With his numerous publications in the British press, and in his private and social correspondence, Bourchier repeatedly voiced his sympathy towards Bulgaria and its people

After his death in December 1920, James Bourchier was buried near the Rila Monastery in southwestern Bulgaria.

Bourchier Peak on Rila Mountain, James Bourchier Boulevard and James Bourchier Metro Station in Sofia, James Bourchier Boulevard in Blagoevgrad and Bourchier Cove on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica are named after him.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_David_Bourchier)