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Gustav Nachtigal

1834 - 1885

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Gustav Nachtigal (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈnaxtɪɡal]; born 23 February 1834 – 20 April 1885) was a German military surgeon and explorer of Central and West Africa. He is further known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Nachtigal has received more than 91,158 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gustav Nachtigal is the 165th most popular explorer (up from 173rd in 2019), the 1,938th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,016th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 165 out of 498. Before him are Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, St John Philby, and Ruy López de Villalobos. After him are Luís Vaz de Torres, Niccolò de' Conti, James Bruce, Lancelotto Malocello, Henri Mouhot, and Paulo da Gama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 28. Before him are John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Carl Bloch, Gaston Planté, William Chester Minor, and Heinrich von Treitschke. After him are Viktor Hartmann, Lev Ivanov, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Samuel Pierpont Langley, José Hernández, and Hetty Green. Among people deceased in 1885, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 23. Before him are Moses Montefiore, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Ferdinand Hiller, Zuo Zongtang, George B. McClellan, and Franz Abt. After him are Henri Milne-Edwards, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, and Julius Benedict.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 1,938 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry III, Duke of Bavaria (940), Franz Abt (1819), Barbara of Brandenburg (1464), Richard Hauptmann (1899), Johannes Nikolaus Tetens (1736), and Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155). After him are Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Katia Mann (1883), Fastrada (765), Carl Correns (1864), Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915), and Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 8. Before him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Heinrich Barth (1821), Hans Staden (1525), Adam Olearius (1603), and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873). After him are John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Julius Klaproth (1783), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Carl Peters (1856), and Karl Weyprecht (1838).

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