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Johann Ludwig Krapf

1810 - 1881

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Johann Ludwig Krapf (11 January 1810 – 26 November 1881) was a German missionary in East Africa, as well as an explorer, linguist, and traveler. Krapf played an important role in exploring East Africa with Johannes Rebmann. They were the first Europeans to see Mount Kenya with the help of Akamba who dwelled at its slopes and Kilimanjaro. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Ludwig Krapf has received more than 180,117 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johann Ludwig Krapf is the 448th most popular explorer (down from 420th in 2019), the 5,069th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,588th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Explorer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Johann Ludwig Krapf ranks 448 out of 498. Before him are Louis Hennepin, Artur Chilingarov, Matthew Henson, Ernest Henry Wilson, Frank Wild, and Gombojab Tsybikov. After him are John Moresby, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Charles Sturt, Robert O'Hara Burke, Edgar Evans, and Jacques Bernard Hombron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Johann Ludwig Krapf ranks 93. Before him are Ernestine Rose, Robert Mallet, Jeremiah S. Black, Alphonso Taft, Andrew Scott Waugh, and Julián Castro. After him are Pierre Bosquet, Victor Motschulsky, Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Nísia Floresta, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, and Horatio Seymour. Among people deceased in 1881, Johann Ludwig Krapf ranks 80. Before him are George Borrow, Robert Mallet, Maurice Raynaud, Samuel Palmer, Kolyu Ficheto, and Jānis Cimze. After him are Josip Jurčič, James Collinson, John C. Pemberton, Isaac Israel Hayes, William Burges, and Franz von Dingelstedt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Ludwig Krapf ranks 5,069 out of 7,253. Before him are Heino Ferch (1963), Bernhard Vogel (1932), Harald Irmscher (1946), Carl Goßler (1885), Volker Bouffier (1951), and Georg Zacharias (1884). After him are Ilse Bing (1899), August Spies (1855), Harry Benjamin (1885), Walther von Dyck (1856), Dieter Eilts (1964), and Christian Gottfried Körner (1756).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Johann Ludwig Krapf ranks 27. Before him are Hermann Wissmann (1853), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), Carl Koldewey (1837), and Karl Mauch (1837). After him are Jan Carstenszoon (null).

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