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Gustav Adolf von Götzen

1866 - 1910

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Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (12 May 1866 – 1 December 1910) was a German explorer, colonial administrator, and military officer who served as Reichskommissar of German East Africa. He came to Rwanda in 1894 becoming the second European to enter the territory, since Oscar Baumann’s brief expedition in 1892, and later, he became the first European to cross the entire territory of Rwanda. During the Maji Maji Rebellion of 1905, Götzen commanded the Schutztruppe against several rebelling African tribes in the German East Africa colony, quelling the uprising. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Adolf von Götzen has received more than 95,262 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Adolf von Götzen is the 305th most popular explorer (down from 282nd in 2019), the 740th most popular biography from Poland (down from 673rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 305 out of 498. Before him are Peter Freuchen, Alexander Gordon Laing, Fernão de Loronha, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Bertrand Piccard, and Meriwether Lewis. After him are Ludwig Leichhardt, Edward S. Curtis, Helmer Hanssen, Francis Younghusband, Sebastián Vizcaíno, and Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 87. Before him are Georg Jensen, Ignacy Daszyński, Kuroda Seiki, Tor Aulin, Max Wien, and Avetis Aharonian. After him are Janis Rozentāls, Carl Gustav Witt, Antonia Maury, Erik Ivar Fredholm, James J. Corbett, and J. B. M. Hertzog. Among people deceased in 1910, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 66. Before him are Jorge Chávez, Luo Yixiu, Kálmán Mikszáth, Tarabai Shinde, George Turner, and Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen. After him are Knut Ångström, Giovanni Passannante, Kurd Lasswitz, Julien Dupré, Laza Kostić, and Andrea Costa.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 740 out of 1,694. Before him are Janusz Kusociński (1907), Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875), Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), Salomėja Nėris (1904), Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907), and Willibald Alexis (1798). After him are Basia (1954), Marcin Bielski (1495), Jeremias Benjamin Richter (1762), Jan Olszewski (1930), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), and Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561).

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Among EXPLORERS In Poland

Among explorers born in Poland, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 4. Before him are Emin Pasha (1840), Paweł Strzelecki (1797), and Otto Finsch (1839). After him are Theodor Kotschy (1813), Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), and Marek Kamiński (1964).

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