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Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs

1831 - 1896

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Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (14 April 1831 – 2 June 1896) was a German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs has received more than 34,797 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs is the 311th most popular explorer (down from 309th in 2019), the 3,601st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,509th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Explorer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 311 out of 498. Before him are Gustav Adolf von Götzen, Ludwig Leichhardt, Edward S. Curtis, Helmer Hanssen, Francis Younghusband, and Sebastián Vizcaíno. After him are Chris McCandless, Francisco de Ulloa, Ivan Papanin, Pyotr Kozlov, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Nathaniel Palmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 68. Before him are Theodor Aman, Hedwig Dohm, Wojciech Gerson, Filippo Marchetti, Heinrich Anton de Bary, and Jacob W. Davis. After him are Ebenezer Cobb Morley, José Evaristo Uriburu, Fatima Sheikh, Reinhold Begas, Gustav Radde, and Johann von Herbeck. Among people deceased in 1896, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 55. Before him are Charles Floquet, Charilaos Trikoupis, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Ferdinand von Mueller, Maria Wodzińska, and Carl Humann. After him are Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Amelia Dyer, Mårten Eskil Winge, Félix Tisserand, and Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 3,601 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Tessenow (1876), Theodor Körner (1791), Fritz Buchloh (1909), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947), Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761), and Mechthild of the Palatinate (1419). After him are Michel Auclair (1922), Roy Black (1943), Karl Leisner (1915), Sybille Schmitz (1909), Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg (1575), and Hans Multscher (1400).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 20. Before him are Karl Weyprecht (1838), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), and Ludwig Leichhardt (1813). After him are Hermann Wissmann (1853), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), Carl Koldewey (1837), and Karl Mauch (1837).

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