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Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs

1831 - 1896

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Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (14 April 1831 – 2 June 1896) was a German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs is the 360th most popular explorer (down from 311th in 2019), the 4,069th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,601st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 360 out of 498. Before him are Carl Peters, Humphrey Gilbert, Elisha Kent Kane, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Matvei Gedenshtrom, and Albert von Le Coq. After him are Edward S. Curtis, Theodor von Heuglin, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Piet Retief, Vivian Fuchs, and Eudoxus of Cyzicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 81. Before him are Salomon Jadassohn, Georg Sauerwein, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Edward Routh, and Gustav Radde. After him are Heinrich von Stephan, Archibald Scott Couper, Reinhold Begas, Ippolito Nievo, Eduard von Martens, and Fran Levstik. Among people deceased in 1896, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 67. Before him are Amelia Dyer, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Alexey Bogolyubov, Mårten Eskil Winge, Maria Wodzińska, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis. After him are Antonio Maceo Grajales, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Aleksandr Stoletov, Élie-Abel Carrière, Luigi Palmieri, and Jane Wilde.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 4,071 out of 7,253. Before him are Irm Hermann (1942), Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau (1799), Laura Perls (1905), Inge Scholl (1917), Hugo Winckler (1863), and Albert von Le Coq (1860). After him are Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832), Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842), Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1553), Max von Hausen (1846), William II of Berg (1348), and Peter von Hess (1792).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs ranks 22. Before him are Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), Carl Peters (1856), and Albert von Le Coq (1860). After him are Theodor von Heuglin (1824), Johannes Rebmann (1820), Karl Mauch (1837), Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810), Carl Koldewey (1837), and Jan Carstenszoon (null).

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