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Carl Koldewey

1837 - 1908

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Carl Christian Koldewey (26 October 1837 – 17 May 1908) was a German Arctic explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Koldewey has received more than 16,461 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Carl Koldewey is the 379th most popular explorer (up from 400th in 2019), the 4,401st most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,272nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Explorer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carl Koldewey ranks 379 out of 498. Before him are Pyotr Chikhachyov, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Johannes Rebmann, Clements Markham, Henri Duveyrier, and Gaspar de Portolá. After him are Jørgen Jørgensen, García López de Cárdenas, John Marshall, Benjamin Morrell, Vasily Chichagov, and Alexander Fersman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Carl Koldewey ranks 91. Before him are Artur Grottger, Ralph Copeland, Thomas Moran, Princess Leopoldine of Baden, Jacob Maris, and Anna Filosofova. After him are Georg von Kopp, Władysław Żeleński, Joseph Schröter, Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, Leo Königsberger, and William Dean Howells. Among people deceased in 1908, Carl Koldewey ranks 82. Before him are René Panhard, Ernest Hébert, Rūdolfs Blaumanis, Lorenz Frølich, Baron Ignaz von Plener, and John Evans. After him are Henry Clifton Sorby, Svatopluk Čech, Hashimoto Gahō, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, and Walter Leistikow.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Koldewey ranks 4,401 out of 7,253. Before him are Gustav von Alvensleben (1803), August Wilhelm Iffland (1759), Daniel Hopfer (1470), Heide Rosendahl (1947), E. O. Plauen (1903), and Ole Borch (1626). After him are Robert Franz (1815), Heinrich von Gagern (1799), Walter Kaufmann (1871), Arnold Bode (1900), Augustin Hirschvogel (1503), and Ludwig Aschoff (1866).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Carl Koldewey ranks 25. Before him are Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), and Johannes Rebmann (1820). After him are Karl Mauch (1837), Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810), and Jan Carstenszoon (null).

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