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Robert Hermann Schomburgk

1804 - 1865

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Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a Holy Roman Empire-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for the United Kingdom in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Hermann Schomburgk has received more than 53,135 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Hermann Schomburgk is the 293rd most popular explorer, the 3,346th most popular biography from Germany and the 17th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Robert Hermann Schomburgk ranks 293 out of 498. Before him are Aleksei Chirikov, Henricus Martellus Germanus, Douglas Mawson, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, Eusebio Kino, and Edward Wilson. After him are Lourenço Marques, Semyon Chelyuskin, Louis Jolliet, Charles Francis Hall, László Almásy, and Peter Freuchen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Robert Hermann Schomburgk ranks 46. Before him are Aleksey Khomyakov, John Gould, Constantin Hansen, Jim Bridger, Victor Schœlcher, and Pierre François Verhulst. After him are Mariana Pineda, Jules Dupuit, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Richard Cobden, and Alvan Clark. Among people deceased in 1865, Robert Hermann Schomburgk ranks 46. Before him are Friedrich August Stüler, Adolph Kolping, Robert Remak, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and Evangelos Zappas. After him are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexander Dukhnovych, Richard Cobden, Joseph Lebeau, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, and Antonios Kriezis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Hermann Schomburgk ranks 3,346 out of 7,253. Before him are Emilie of Saxony (1516), Gunter Demnig (1947), Dragan Holcer (1945), Ramin Djawadi (1974), Georg Kolbe (1877), and Friedrich Boie (1789). After him are Paul Renner (1878), Erich Bey (1898), Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748), Hans Hotter (1909), Alojs Andritzki (1914), and Willigis (940).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Robert Hermann Schomburgk ranks 17. Before him are Julius Klaproth (1783), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Carl Peters (1856), Karl Weyprecht (1838), Adolf Lüderitz (1834), and Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401). After him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Albert von Le Coq (1860), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824).

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