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Gustav Nachtigal

1834 - 1885

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Gustav Nachtigal (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈnaxtɪɡal]; born 23 February 1834 – 20 April 1885) was a German military surgeon and explorer of Central and West Africa. He is also known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Nachtigal is the 174th most popular explorer (down from 165th in 2019), the 1,994th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,938th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 174 out of 498. Before him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Paulo da Gama, and Gaspar de Lemos. After him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, Carsten Borchgrevink, António de Abreu, Henri Mouhot, Lancelotto Malocello, and Edward Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 30. Before him are Kawakami Gensai, Gaston Planté, Julia Pastrana, Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, and Heinrich von Treitschke. After him are Viktor Hartmann, Herman Snellen, Lev Ivanov, Ludovic Halévy, José Hernández, and Paul Kummer. Among people deceased in 1885, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 25. Before him are Ferdinand Hiller, Henri Milne-Edwards, Iwasaki Yatarō, Moses Montefiore, Zuo Zongtang, and Aga Khan II. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Louis Riel, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, and Thomas A. Hendricks.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 1,995 out of 7,253. Before him are Lilly Reich (1885), Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (1719), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891), Otto Brunfels (1488), and Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923). After him are Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769), Jean Cabanis (1816), Friedrich Naumann (1860), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark (1808), and Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Gustav Nachtigal ranks 7. Before him are Martin Behaim (1459), Heinrich Barth (1821), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676), Adam Olearius (1603), and Hans Staden (1525). After him are Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Julius Klaproth (1783), and Karl Weyprecht (1838).

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