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Ludwig Leichhardt

1813 - 1848

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç 'vɪlhɛlm 'lu:tvɪç 'laɪçhaːʁt]; 23 October 1813 – c. 1848), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Leichhardt has received more than 337,573 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ludwig Leichhardt is the 306th most popular explorer (down from 260th in 2019), the 3,548th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,989th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Explorer.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 306 out of 498. Before him are Alexander Gordon Laing, Fernão de Loronha, Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Bertrand Piccard, Meriwether Lewis, and Gustav Adolf von Götzen. After him are Edward S. Curtis, Helmer Hanssen, Francis Younghusband, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, and Chris McCandless.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 46. Before him are Carl Jaenisch, Charles Blanc, Jacob Georg Agardh, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Stephen Heller, and József Eötvös. After him are Moritz Wagner, Nikolay Ogarev, Frederick Scott Archer, Errico Petrella, John C. Frémont, and Prince August of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1848, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 44. Before him are Robert Blum, Manto Mavrogenous, Mastoureh Ardalan, Georg August Goldfuss, Gabriel Bibron, and Petrobey Mavromichalis. After him are Yevhen Hrebinka, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, Martinus Rørbye, Jaime Balmes, Francis Crozier, and Jacob Sturm.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 3,548 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1943), Karl Koller (1898), Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1723), Conrad Böcker (1870), Johann Georg Wagler (1800), and Uwe Bein (1960). After him are Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827), Rudolf Belling (1886), Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau (1738), Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg (1265), and Peter von Hess (1792).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 19. Before him are Carl Peters (1856), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540). After him are Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), and Carl Koldewey (1837).

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