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Ferdinand von Richthofen

1833 - 1905

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Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 1833 – 6 October 1905), better known in English as Baron von Richthofen, was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" = "Silk Road(s)" or "Silk Route(s)" in 1877. He also standardized the practices of chorography and chorology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand von Richthofen is the 12th most popular geographer (down from 10th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 89th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Geographer.

Ferdinand von Richthofen is most famous for inventing the modern-day barometer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 12 out of 86. Before him are Piri Reis, Pausanias, Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Carl Ritter, and David Harvey. After him are Wladimir Köppen, George Everest, Ya'qubi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Ibn Khordadbeh, and Pomponius Mela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 8. Before him are Johannes Brahms, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, Alexander Borodin, Wilhelm Dilthey, and Benjamin Harrison. After him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, J. E. B. Stuart, Jonas Lie, Félicien Rops, and Eugen Dühring. Among people deceased in 1905, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 5. Before him are Jules Verne, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Muhammad Abduh, and Ernst Abbe. After him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Adolph Menzel, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Carl Wernicke, and Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 92 out of 1,694. Before him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Johannes Hevelius (1611), Stefan Banach (1892), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), and Carl Menger (1840). After him are Alfred Döblin (1878), Anton Denikin (1872), Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761), Władysław Reymont (1867), Józef Gosławski (1908), and Leopold Kronecker (1823).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Poland

Among geographers born in Poland, Ferdinand von Richthofen ranks 1. After him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729).

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