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Friedrich Welwitsch

1806 - 1872

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Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant Welwitschia mirabilis. His report received wide attention among the botanists and general public, comparable only to the discovery of two other plants in the 19th century, namely Victoria amazonica and Rafflesia arnoldii. In Angola, Welwitsch also discovered Rhipsalis baccifera, the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Welwitsch has received more than 29,207 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Friedrich Welwitsch is the 306th most popular explorer (down from 276th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from Austria (down from 602nd in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Explorer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 306 out of 405. Before him are Theodor Kotschy, Sverre Hassel, Otto Finsch, Hermann Wissmann, Irina Solovyova, and Karl Maximovich. After him are Humphrey Gilbert, Kristian Prestrud, Louis Jolliet, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Piet Retief, and Isidore of Charax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 36. Before him are Johann Kaspar Mertz, Giacomo Antonelli, Michel Chevalier, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, Teodolfo Mertel, and Stand Watie. After him are Georg Adolf Erman, Michele Amari, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, Gaetano Bedini, Ivan Kireyevsky, and Christian August Friedrich Peters. Among people deceased in 1872, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 44. Before him are Carl Jaenisch, Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, Horace Greeley, Martin Ohm, Michele Carafa, and George Catlin. After him are Benjamin Briggs, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Hugo von Mohl, Michel Carré, and Bedros Tourian.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 675 out of 1,237. Before him are Herbert Prohaska (1955), Wilhelm Kienzl (1857), Guido Starhemberg (1657), Nadja Tiller (1929), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), and Helene Engelmann (1898). After him are Franz Welser-Möst (1960), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Theodor Wagner (1927), Johann Michael Vogl (1768), Karl H. Pribram (1919), and Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915).

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Among EXPLORERS In Austria

Among explorers born in Austria, Friedrich Welwitsch ranks 1. After him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759).

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