GEOGRAPHER

August Heinrich Petermann

1822 - 1878

August Heinrich Petermann

Augustus Heinrich Petermann (18 April 1822 – 25 September 1878) was a German cartographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Heinrich Petermann is the 53rd most popular geographer (up from 60th in 2019), the 3,274th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,868th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, August Heinrich Petermann ranks 53 out of 86. Before him are Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Jehuda Cresques, Jan Janssonius, Claes Jansz. Visscher, Hans Meyer, and Inō Tadataka. After him are Emmanuel de Martonne, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Guillaume Delisle, Yves Lacoste, Pedro Reinel, and Adolf Stieler.

Most Popular Geographers in Wikipedia

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Giovanni Battista Ramusio
1485 - 1557
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 47
Jehuda Cresques
1350 - 1427
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 48
Jan Janssonius
1588 - 1664
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 49
Claes Jansz. Visscher
1587 - 1652
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 50
Hans Meyer
1858 - 1929
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 51
Inō Tadataka
1745 - 1818
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 52
August Heinrich Petermann
1822 - 1878
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 53
Emmanuel de Martonne
1873 - 1955
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 54
Johann Gottlieb Georgi
1729 - 1802
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 55
Guillaume Delisle
1675 - 1726
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 56
Yves Lacoste
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 57
Pedro Reinel
1500 - 1542
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 58
Adolf Stieler
1775 - 1836
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 59

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, August Heinrich Petermann ranks 49. Before him are Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Jules Antoine Lissajous, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Adolf Kussmaul, Albrecht Ritschl, and Korla Awgust Kocor. After him are Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Jakob Dubs, Luis Sáenz Peña, Victor Massé, Mathew Brady, and Frederick Law Olmsted. Among people deceased in 1878, August Heinrich Petermann ranks 39. Before him are Karl Gutzkow, Đura Jakšić, Maurice Joly, Josip Runjanin, Anna Sewell, and Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur. After him are Crawford Long, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Temistocle Solera, Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, George Cruikshank, and Eugène Belgrand.

Others Born in 1822

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Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1862
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
Jules Antoine Lissajous
PHYSICIST
1822 - 1880
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 44
Princess Augusta of Cambridge
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1916
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 45
Adolf Kussmaul
PHYSICIAN
1822 - 1902
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 46
Albrecht Ritschl
PHILOSOPHER
1822 - 1889
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 47
Korla Awgust Kocor
COMPOSER
1822 - 1904
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 48
August Heinrich Petermann
GEOGRAPHER
1822 - 1878
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 49
Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse
ENGINEER
1822 - 1883
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 50
Jakob Dubs
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1879
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 51
Luis Sáenz Peña
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1907
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 52
Victor Massé
COMPOSER
1822 - 1884
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 53
Mathew Brady
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1822 - 1896
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 54
Frederick Law Olmsted
ARCHITECT
1822 - 1903
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 55

Others Deceased in 1878

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Karl Gutzkow
WRITER
1811 - 1878
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 33
Đura Jakšić
WRITER
1832 - 1878
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 34
Maurice Joly
WRITER
1829 - 1878
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 35
Josip Runjanin
COMPOSER
1821 - 1878
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 36
Anna Sewell
WRITER
1820 - 1878
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 37
Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1878
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 38
August Heinrich Petermann
GEOGRAPHER
1822 - 1878
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 39
Crawford Long
PHYSICIAN
1815 - 1878
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 40
Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
POLITICIAN
1813 - 1878
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 41
Temistocle Solera
COMPOSER
1815 - 1878
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 42
Cirilo Antonio Rivarola
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1878
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 43
George Cruikshank
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1792 - 1878
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 44
Eugène Belgrand
ENGINEER
1810 - 1878
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 45

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August Heinrich Petermann ranks 3,276 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1843), Constantin von Alvensleben (1809), Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910), Renate Müller (1906), Robert Blum (1807), and Günter Wallraff (1942). After him are Jacques Loeb (1859), Adelaide of Meissen (1160), Valentin Weigel (1533), Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797), Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836), and Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808).

Others born in Germany

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Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine
POLITICIAN
1843 - 1865
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 3,270
Constantin von Alvensleben
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1809 - 1892
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 3,271
Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
NOBLEMAN
1910 - 2001
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 3,272
Renate Müller
SINGER
1906 - 1937
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 3,273
Robert Blum
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1848
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 3,274
Günter Wallraff
WRITER
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 3,275
August Heinrich Petermann
GEOGRAPHER
1822 - 1878
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 3,276
Jacques Loeb
BIOLOGIST
1859 - 1924
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 3,277
Adelaide of Meissen
COMPANION
1160 - 1211
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 3,278
Valentin Weigel
PHILOSOPHER
1533 - 1588
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 3,279
Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann
GEOLOGIST
1797 - 1873
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 3,280
Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg
NOBLEMAN
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 3,281
Prince Frederick of Württemberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1808 - 1870
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 3,282