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Adolf Lüderitz

1834 - 1886

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Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz (16 July 1834 – end of October 1886) was a German merchant and the founder of German South West Africa, Imperial Germany's first colony. The coastal town of Lüderitz, located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Lüderitz is the 265th most popular explorer (up from 281st in 2019), the 3,014th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,210th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Adolf Lüderitz ranks 265 out of 498. Before him are Bento de Góis, Julius Popper, Rodrigo de Jerez, Karl Maximovich, Edward Bransfield, and Ada Blackjack. After him are Jedediah Smith, Man of the Hole, Francisco Moreno, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, Juan Fernández, and Hjalmar Johansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Adolf Lüderitz ranks 45. Before him are Edwin Klebs, Joachim III of Constantinople, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Carl Lange, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, and Kamehameha IV. After him are Adrien Proust, Adolph Frank, Serafino Vannutelli, Ewald Hering, Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, and Princess Marie of Baden. Among people deceased in 1886, Adolf Lüderitz ranks 29. Before him are Charles Lwanga, Jules Jamin, Marco Minghetti, José Hernández, Eliza Lynch, and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este. After him are Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Frederick Guthrie, Eugène Isabey, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Albert Küchler, and Gustav Fischer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Lüderitz ranks 3,016 out of 7,253. Before him are Judith Malina (1926), Alice Schwarzer (1942), Ludwig Rellstab (1799), George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747), Franz Lachner (1803), and Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673). After him are Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1878), Friedrich August Stüler (1800), Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687), Heidi Brühl (1942), Ricarda Huch (1864), and August Heissmeyer (1897).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Adolf Lüderitz ranks 14. Before him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Julius Klaproth (1783), and Karl Weyprecht (1838). After him are Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), and Carl Peters (1856).

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