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Karl Weyprecht

1838 - 1881

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Karl Weyprecht, also spelt Carl Weyprecht, (8 September 1838 – 2 March 1881) was an Austro-Hungarian explorer. He was an officer (k.u.k. Linienschiffsleutnant) in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. He is most famous as an Arctic explorer, and an advocate of international cooperation for scientific polar exploration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Weyprecht is the 257th most popular explorer (up from 275th in 2019), the 2,928th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,181st in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Karl Weyprecht ranks 257 out of 498. Before him are Friedrich Welwitsch, Diego de Almagro II, Julius Klaproth, Thorvald Eiriksson, Dinis Dias, and Thekla Resvoll. After him are Oscar Wisting, Bento de Góis, Julius Popper, Rodrigo de Jerez, Karl Maximovich, and Edward Bransfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Karl Weyprecht ranks 55. Before him are Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Victoria Woodhull, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, and Jules Dalou. After him are Szymon Winawer, John Morley, Henry Irving, Siegfried Bing, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, and Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal. Among people deceased in 1881, Karl Weyprecht ranks 50. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Émile Littré, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Marie Laveau, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, and Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky. After him are Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Aleksey Pisemsky, Jim Bridger, Karl Christian Bruhns, Konstantin Thon, and Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Weyprecht ranks 2,930 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Herrmann (1928), Johannes Popitz (1884), Gottfried Kirch (1639), August Leopold Crelle (1780), Johannes Schmidt (1843), and Nico Rosberg (1985). After him are Max von Oppenheim (1860), Wolfgang Lotz (1921), Herbert Erhardt (1930), Auguste von Harrach (1800), Paul Hermann (1646), and Arno Schmidt (1914).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Karl Weyprecht ranks 13. Before him are Gustav Nachtigal (1834), Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873), John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), and Julius Klaproth (1783). After him are Adolf Lüderitz (1834), Ludwig Leichhardt (1813), Henricus Martellus Germanus (1401), Hermann Wissmann (1853), Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (1540), and Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804).

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