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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 312,802 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ludwig Leichhardt is the 261st most popular explorer (down from 253rd in 2019), the 2,992nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,753rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Explorer.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 261 out of 405. Before him are Karl Weyprecht, Estêvão Gomes, Paweł Strzelecki, Eusebio Kino, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Ippolito Rosellini. After him are Willem de Vlamingh, William Clark, Nikolai Spathari, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Aleksei Chirikov, and Richard Chancellor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 39. Before him are Agostino Depretis, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Camilla Collett, Alexander Parkes, Thomas Andrews, and Moritz Wagner. After him are Charles Blanc, William Smith, Carl Jaenisch, Stephen Heller, Antonio García Gutiérrez, and Prince August of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1848, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 38. Before him are Pellegrino Rossi, Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Robert Blum, Manto Mavrogenous, Felix Lichnowsky, and Jean-Baptiste Debret. After him are Yevhen Hrebinka, Takizawa Bakin, Branwell Brontë, Francis Crozier, Joseph Görres, and Sarah Fuller Flower Adams.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 2,992 out of 6,142. Before him are Harold Faltermeyer (1952), Johannes Cocceius (1603), George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1573), Melchior Hoffman (1495), Susan Blakely (1948), and Heinrich Kiepert (1818). After him are Franz John (1872), Jürgen Schult (1960), Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803), Hans Hotter (1909), Martin Winterkorn (1947), and Ludwig Reichenbach (1793).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 16. Before him are Julius Klaproth (1783), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Carl Peters (1856), and Karl Weyprecht (1838). After him are Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Otto Finsch (1839), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824).

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