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Johannes Rebmann

1820 - 1876

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Johannes Rebmann (January 16, 1820 – October 4, 1876), also sometimes anglicised as John Rebman, was a German missionary, linguist, and explorer credited with feats including being the first European, along with his colleague Johann Ludwig Krapf, to enter Africa from the Indian Ocean coast. In addition, he was the first European to find Kilimanjaro. News of Rebmann's discovery was published in the Church Missionary Intelligencer in May 1849, but disregarded as mere fantasy for the next twelve years. The Geographical Society of London held that snow could not possibly occur let alone persist in such latitudes and considered the report to be the hallucination of a malaria-stricken missionary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Rebmann is the 404th most popular explorer (down from 375th in 2019), the 4,692nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,340th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Johannes Rebmann ranks 404 out of 498. Before him are Álvaro Fernandes, Artur Chilingarov, Frederick William Beechey, George Nares, Richard Maack, and Étienne Brûlé. After him are Edward Belcher, George Kennan, Grímur Kamban, Charles Francis Hall, Dirk Hartog, and Fyodor Konyukhov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Johannes Rebmann ranks 73. Before him are Jakob Stämpfli, Juan Crisóstomo Falcón, Maria Katharina Kasper, Lorenz Frølich, Pierre Nord Alexis, and Victor Puiseux. After him are John F. Reynolds, Theodoros Diligiannis, George Grove, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Anthony W. Gardiner, and George Hearst. Among people deceased in 1876, Johannes Rebmann ranks 60. Before him are Braxton Bragg, Janko Kráľ, Christian Lassen, August Wilhelm Ambros, Félicien David, and Ludwig Traube. After him are Gennady Nevelskoy, Narcyza Żmichowska, Yuri Samarin, Samuel Gridley Howe, Henry A. Wise, and James W. Nye.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Rebmann ranks 4,695 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Fuchsberger (1927), Hermann Pilnik (1914), Curtis Bernhardt (1899), John Ericson (1926), Heinz Müller (1924), and Eugen Drewermann (1940). After him are Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Jörg Michael (1963), E. O. Plauen (1903), Walter Sedlmayr (1926), Willi Fuggerer (1941), and Ludwig Abeille (1761).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Johannes Rebmann ranks 24. Before him are Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), Carl Peters (1856), Albert von Le Coq (1860), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1831), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824). After him are Karl Mauch (1837), Johann Ludwig Krapf (1810), Carl Koldewey (1837), and Jan Carstenszoon (null).

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