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Gustav Adolf von Götzen

1866 - 1910

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Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (12 May 1866 – 1 December 1910) was a German explorer, colonial administrator, and military officer who served as Reichskommissar of German East Africa. He came to Rwanda in 1894 becoming the second European to enter the territory, since Oscar Baumann’s brief expedition in 1892, and later, he became the first European to cross the entire territory of Rwanda. During the Maji Maji Rebellion of 1905, Götzen commanded the Schutztruppe against several rebelling African tribes in the German East Africa colony, quelling the uprising. The rebellion and famine that followed resulted in the deaths of up to 300,000 people. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Adolf von Götzen is the 304th most popular explorer (up from 305th in 2019), the 714th most popular biography from Poland (up from 740th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 304 out of 498. Before him are Juan Pizarro, Pyotr Beketov, Bertrand Piccard, John Byron, Lady Hester Stanhope, and Ippolito Rosellini. After him are Philip Carteret, John McDouall Stuart, Jacques Labillardière, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Jens Munk, and Nicolas Baudin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 83. Before him are Erik Ivar Fredholm, J. M. E. McTaggart, Mario García Menocal, George Minne, Paul Lincke, and Ignacy Daszyński. After him are Andrey Lyapchev, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Tristan Bernard, Carl Gustav Witt, Jaan Poska, and Janis Rozentāls. Among people deceased in 1910, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 61. Before him are Princess Marie of the Netherlands, Hormuzd Rassam, Laza Kostić, Edouard Van Beneden, Paolo Mantegazza, and William Graham Sumner. After him are Jorge Chávez, Édouard Colonne, George Turner, Kurd Lasswitz, Bertalan Székely, and Kálmán Mikszáth.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 714 out of 1,694. Before him are Oskar Kummetz (1891), Helena Modjeska (1840), Bernhard Grzimek (1909), Miliza Korjus (1905), Aleksander Gierymski (1850), and Wojciech Gerson (1831). After him are Samuel Eilenberg (1913), Johann Gottlieb Georgi (1729), Leo Baeck (1873), Ernst Degner (1931), Salomėja Nėris (1904), and Aleksander Kakowski (1862).

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Among EXPLORERS In Poland

Among explorers born in Poland, Gustav Adolf von Götzen ranks 3. Before him are Emin Pasha (1840), and Otto Finsch (1839). After him are Theodor Kotschy (1813), Paweł Strzelecki (1797), Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), and Marek Kamiński (1964).

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