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Carsten Niebuhr

1733 - 1815

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Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr (17 March 1733 Lüdingworth – 26 April 1815 Meldorf, Dithmarschen), was a German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark-Norway. He is renowned for his participation in the Danish Arabia expedition (1761-1767). He was the father of the Danish-German statesman and historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr, who published an account of his father's life in 1817. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carsten Niebuhr is the 114th most popular explorer (down from 95th in 2019), the 1,198th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,050th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Explorer.

Carsten Niebuhr was a German physician and explorer who was the first Westerner to visit the ruins of Palmyra, Syria.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 114 out of 498. Before him are João Gonçalves Zarco, Heinrich Barth, Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, and Martín Alonso Pinzón. After him are Thomas Cavendish, Sacagawea, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Juan de la Cosa, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, and Calamity Jane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 6. Before him are Joseph Priestley, Magtymguly Pyragy, Christoph Martin Wieland, Victoire of France, and Johan Zoffany. After him are George Read, Hubert Robert, Siraj ud-Daulah, Jean-Charles de Borda, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, and Daniel Solander. Among people deceased in 1815, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Baartman, Franz Mesmer, Robert Fulton, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Jan Potocki, and Guillaume Brune. After him are Emma, Lady Hamilton, José María Morelos, Smithson Tennant, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 9th Dalai Lama, and Charles Lee.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 1,198 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad II of Italy (1074), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Severinus of Noricum (410), Godfrey Kneller (1646), and Josef Harpe (1887). After him are Manuel Neuer (1986), Engelbert Kaempfer (1651), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (1757), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), and Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Carsten Niebuhr ranks 3. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), and Heinrich Barth (1821). After him are Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Adam Olearius (1603), Hans Staden (1525), Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), and Julius Klaproth (1783).

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