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Carsten Niebuhr

1733 - 1815

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Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr (17 March 1733 Lüdingworth – 26 April 1815 Meldorf, Dithmarschen), was a German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark. He is renowned for his participation in the Danish Arabia expedition (1761-1767). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carsten Niebuhr has received more than 107,643 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Carsten Niebuhr is the 104th most popular explorer (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,085th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Explorer.

Carsten Niebuhr was a German physician and explorer who was the first Westerner to visit the ruins of Palmyra, Syria.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 104 out of 405. Before him are Ferdinand Columbus, Mary Kingsley, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Frederick Cook, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Bartholomew Columbus. After him are Sacagawea, Pêro da Covilhã, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, João Gonçalves Zarco, and Juan de la Cosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 5. Before him are Joseph Priestley, Magtymguly Pyragy, Christoph Martin Wieland, and Victoire of France. After him are Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Siraj ud-Daulah, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, and Richard Kirwan. Among people deceased in 1815, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Baartman, Robert Fulton, Franz Mesmer, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Emma, Lady Hamilton, and Jan Potocki. After him are Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, 9th Dalai Lama, Smithson Tennant, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 1,085 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter Baade (1893), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna of Saxony (1544), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), and John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604). After him are Joost van den Vondel (1587), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Radegund (518), Jack Steinberger (1921), and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 3. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459) and Heinrich Barth (1821). After him are Adam Olearius (1603), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Hans Staden (1525), John Sutter (1803), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Julius Klaproth (1783), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), and Nikolaus Federmann (1505).

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