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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 83,247 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gustav Nachtigal is the 174th most popular explorer (up from 184th in 2019), the 2,018th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,153rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 174 out of 405. Before him are Jim Bridger, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Luís Vaz de Torres, Cornelis de Houtman, Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, and Lincoln Ellsworth. After him are James Weddell, Nikolai Rezanov, Carsten Borchgrevink, Masabumi Hosono, Joshua Slocum, and Olivier van Noort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 31. Before him are Viktor Hartmann, Infanta Amalia of Spain, Kondō Isami, Lev Ivanov, Hetty Green, and John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. After him are Heinrich von Treitschke, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, William Chester Minor, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, and Ewald Hering. Among people deceased in 1885, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 23. Before him are Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Ferdinand Hiller, Zuo Zongtang, Edmond François Valentin About, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg. After him are Louis Riel, Henri Tresca, George B. McClellan, Nikolay Danilevsky, Narcís Monturiol, and Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 2,018 out of 6,142. Before him are Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (1892), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Augustin Bea (1881), Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1577), Jacob Schiff (1847), and Carl Laemmle (1867). After him are Dora Ratjen (1918), Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Stefan Kuntz (1962), Hans Cramer (1896), Hans Richter (1888), and Barbara Sukowa (1950).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 9. Before him are Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Adam Olearius (1603), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Hans Staden (1525), John Sutter (1803), and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873). After him are Julius Klaproth (1783), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Carl Peters (1856), and Karl Weyprecht (1838).

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