MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lothar von Trotha

1848 - 1920

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General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha (3 July 1848 – 31 March 1920) was a German military commander during the European new colonial era. As a brigade commander of the East Asian Expedition Corps, he was involved in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China, commanding troops which made up the German contribution to the Eight-Nation Alliance. He later served as governor of German South West Africa and Commander in Chief of its colonial forces, in which role he suppressed a native rebellion during the Herero Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lothar von Trotha has received more than 373,533 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Lothar von Trotha is the 646th most popular military personnel (up from 681st in 2019), the 1,596th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,668th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lothar von Trotha ranks 646 out of 2,058. Before him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Sergey Biryuzov, Werner Ostendorff, Max Immelmann, Eberhard von Mackensen, and Herta Bothe. After him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Sadao Araki, Markian Popov, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Jang Bogo, and Wilhelm Rediess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Lothar von Trotha ranks 42. Before him are Pierre De Geyter, Carl Stumpf, Anna Boch, Vasily Surikov, Jules Bastien-Lepage, and Louis Comfort Tiffany. After him are Auguste Forel, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Hermann von Eichhorn, Raja Ravi Varma, Kate Sheppard, and Francis Darwin. Among people deceased in 1920, Lothar von Trotha ranks 32. Before him are Essad Pasha Toptani, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Eleanor H. Porter, Prince Joachim of Prussia, Abraham Kuyper, and Otto Gross. After him are Fatali Khan Khoyski, Mikhail Eisenstein, William Chester Minor, Norman Lockyer, Vladimir Purishkevich, and Jacob Schiff.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar von Trotha ranks 1,596 out of 7,253. Before him are Salvian (405), Karl Lachmann (1793), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Herta Bothe (1921), and Princess Josephine of Baden (1813). After him are Princess Margaret of Prussia (1872), Paul Landers (1964), George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1578), and Johann Georg Pisendel (1687).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Lothar von Trotha ranks 122. Before him are Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), Franz Hössler (1906), Hans Speidel (1897), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Max Immelmann (1890), and Herta Bothe (1921). After him are Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Heinz Hitler (1920), and August Hirt (1898).

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