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Ferdinand von Richthofen

1833 - 1905

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Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905), better known in English as Baron von Richthofen, was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" = "Silk Road(s)" or "Silk Route(s)" in 1877. He also standardized the practices of chorography and chorology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand von Richthofen has received more than 141,183 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ferdinand von Richthofen is the 10th most popular geographer (up from 12th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Poland (up from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular Polish Geographer.

Ferdinand von Richthofen is most famous for inventing the modern-day barometer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 10 out of 86. Before him are Gerardus Mercator, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Piri Reis, Pausanias, Carl Ritter, and Abraham Ortelius. After him are Martin Waldseemüller, Wladimir Köppen, Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, George Everest, and Pomponius Mela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 10. Before him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Alexander Borodin, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and Alfred von Schlieffen. After him are Edwin Booth, Félicien Rops, Eugen Dühring, Léon Bonnat, Charles George Gordon, and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Among people deceased in 1905, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 4. Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Muhammad Abduh. After him are Ernst Abbe, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Per Teodor Cleve, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Louise Michel, Adolph Menzel, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 89 out of 1,694. Before him are Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Carl Menger (1840), Robert Luther (1822), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Norbert Elias (1897), and Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898). After him are Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), Anton Denikin (1872), Johannes Hevelius (1611), Egon Krenz (1937), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933), and Horst Köhler (1943).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Poland

Among geographers born in Poland, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 1. After him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729).

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