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Ludwig Leichhardt

1813 - 1848

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç 'vɪlhɛlm 'lu:tvɪç 'laɪçhaːʁt]; 23 October 1813 – c. 1848), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig Leichhardt is the 283rd most popular explorer (up from 306th in 2019), the 3,199th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,548th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 283 out of 498. Before him are Richard Chancellor, László Almásy, William Smith, Pierre Poivre, Willem de Vlamingh, and Estêvão Gomes. After him are Freya Stark, Ivan Papanin, Nuno Tristão, Francis Younghusband, Jim Bridger, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 41. Before him are William Smith, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, Adolph Kolping, Stephen Heller, and Jean Stas. After him are Carl Jaenisch, József Eötvös, Alexander Parkes, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, and Antonio García Gutiérrez. Among people deceased in 1848, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 41. Before him are Keisai Eisen, Branwell Brontë, Mastoureh Ardalan, Pierre Wantzel, Takizawa Bakin, and Gabriel Bibron. After him are Robert Blum, Manto Mavrogenous, Pellegrino Rossi, Felix Lichnowsky, Jaime Balmes, and Jacob Sturm.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 3,201 out of 7,253. Before him are A. R. Penck (1939), Christiane Kubrick (1932), Magdalena of Saxony (1507), Gunter Demnig (1947), Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733), and Dominikus Zimmermann (1685). After him are Friedrich Wolf (1888), Olga Benário Prestes (1908), Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp (1649), Emil Warburg (1846), Caspar Netscher (1639), and Theodor Meynert (1833).

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Among EXPLORERS In Germany

Among explorers born in Germany, Ludwig Leichhardt ranks 15. Before him are John Sutter (1803), Wilhelm Filchner (1877), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Julius Klaproth (1783), Karl Weyprecht (1838), and Adolf Lüderitz (1834). After 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).

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