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Curt von François

1852 - 1931

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Curt Karl Bruno von François (2 October 1852 – 28 December 1931) was a German geographer, cartographer, Schutztruppe officer and commissioner of the imperial colonial army of the German Empire, particularly in German South West Africa (today's Namibia) where he was responsible on behalf of Kaiser for the foundation of the city of Windhoek on 18 October 1890 and the harbor of Swakopmund on 4 August 1892. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curt von François has received more than 61,425 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Curt von François is the 65th most popular geographer (down from 58th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Luxembourg (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Curt von François ranks 65 out of 67Before him are Ellen Churchill Semple, Adolf Stieler, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Doreen Massey, and John Walter Gregory. After him are Ellsworth Huntington, Carl O. Sauer, Yuly Shokalsky, Herman Moll, Johannes Gabriel Granö, and Arnold Henry Guyot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Curt von François ranks 94Before him are Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Vasily Safonov, Theodore Robinson, Hans Huber, George Moore, and Fulgence Bienvenüe. After him are Carl Chun, Lin Shu, James Dwight, Johan Ramstedt, Theo Heemskerk, and Orest Khvolson. Among people deceased in 1931, Curt von François ranks 110Before him are José Figueroa Alcorta, Marvin Hart, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Federico Tinoco Granados, Emiliano Figueroa, and William Orpen. After him are Aleksander Skrzyński, Alfred Maudslay, Konrad Stäheli, Louis Wolheim, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, and Art Acord.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Curt von François ranks 41 out of 79Before him are Johny Schleck (1942), Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria (1954), Prince Jean of Luxembourg (1957), Pierre Dupong (1885), Pierre Frieden (1892), and Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg (1924). After him are Paul Eyschen (1841), Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927), Désirée Nosbusch (1965), Anne Fontaine (1959), Nicolas Schmit (1953), and Lydie Polfer (1952).

Among GEOGRAPHERS In Luxembourg

Among geographers born in Luxembourg, Curt von François ranks 1