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Carl Koldewey

1837 - 1908

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Carl Christian Koldewey (26 October 1837 – 17 May 1908) was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Koldewey is the 436th most popular explorer (down from 379th in 2019), the 5,026th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,401st in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carl Koldewey ranks 436 out of 498. Before him are Anthony de la Roché, Sverre Hassel, Frederick Russell Burnham, Tim Severin, Alfred Maudslay, and Johann Ludwig Krapf. After him are Tobias Furneaux, Mikhail Somov, Vassili Poyarkov, Aeneas Mackintosh, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, and Boyd Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Carl Koldewey ranks 101. Before him are Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, William Dean Howells, Leo Königsberger, Pedro Varela, Karl Mauch, and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Theodor Rosetti, Altaf Hussain Hali, Nikolai Bugaev, Władysław Żeleński, Atis Kronvalds, and Joseph Schröter. Among people deceased in 1908, Carl Koldewey ranks 97. Before him are Walter Leistikow, Henry Clifton Sorby, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Marco Aurelio Soto, Charles Augustus Young, and José Manuel Marroquín. After him are Federico Chueca, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Joel Chandler Harris, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, American Horse, and Redvers Buller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Koldewey ranks 5,029 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul Verhoeven (1901), Hans Rademacher (1892), Friedrich Engel (1861), Chris Roberts (1944), Waldemar Tietgens (1879), and Peter Gilmore (1931). After him are Meshell Ndegeocello (1968), Stanislaw Tillich (1959), Konrad Weise (1951), Kurt Thomas (1904), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), and Brother Alois (1954).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Carl Koldewey ranks 27. Before him are Albert von Le Coq (1860), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), Karl Mauch (1837), and Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810). After him are Jan Carstenszoon (null).

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