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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-Norway. 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 116,508 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Carsten Niebuhr is the 95th most popular explorer (up from 103rd in 2019), the 1,050th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,085th in 2019) and the 2nd 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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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 95 out of 498. Before him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Benjamin of Tudela, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Robert FitzRoy, and Ferdinand von Wrangel. After him are Martín Alonso Pinzón, Calamity Jane, Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, and Bartholomew Columbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 6. Before him are Joseph Priestley, Victoire of France, Magtymguly Pyragy, Christoph Martin Wieland, and Siraj ud-Daulah. After him are Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, and Christoph Friedrich Nicolai. Among people deceased in 1815, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Baartman, Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Franz Mesmer, Jan Potocki, and Emma, Lady Hamilton. After him are Guillaume Brune, José María Morelos, 9th Dalai Lama, Smithson Tennant, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Ahmad al-Tijani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 1,050 out of 7,253. Before him are Marie of Prussia (1825), Carl Ludwig (1816), Ernst Barlach (1870), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658), and Erich Kempka (1910). After him are Manfred Rommel (1928), Bert Sakmann (1942), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), Michel Bréal (1832), and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 2. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459). After him are Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Heinrich Barth (1821), Hans Staden (1525), Adam Olearius (1603), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Julius Klaproth (1783), and Nikolaus Federmann (1505).

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