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   Georg August Schweinfurth (29 December 1836 – 19 September 1925) was a Baltic German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa . Life and explorations. He was born at Riga, Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. [1] .

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   Apr 8, 2024 · Georg August Schweinfurth was a German botanist and traveler who explored the region of the upper Nile River basin known as the Baḥr al Ghazāl and discovered the Uele River, a tributary of the Congo. Schweinfurth’s interest in African plants took him across the Red Sea to the Sudanese port of.

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   Contributor. Natural History Museum (BM) First name (s) Georg August. Last name. Schweinfurth. Initials. G.A. Life Dates. 1836 - 1925. Collecting Dates. 1857 - 1914. Specification. Plant collector. Groups collected. Algae. Bryophytes. Fossil plants. Fungi. Pteridophytes. Spermatophytes. Organisation (s)

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   Jul 25, 2022 · But most days he's a web developer, graphic designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia. George Jacob Schweinfurth was a charlatan who mocked religion, stole money, and despoiled women with his hypnotic powers.

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   George Furth, an actor and Tony Award-winning playwright who wrote the book for the landmark 1970 Broadway musical “Company” and also wrote the 1971 play “Twigs,” died Monday morning. He was...

7. de.wikipedia.org › wiki › Georg_SchweinfurthGeorg Schweinfurth – Wikipedia

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   Georg August Schweinfurth (* 17. Dezember jul. / 29. Dezember 1836 greg. in Riga, Gouvernement Livland, Russisches Kaiserreich; † 19. September 1925 in Berlin) war ein russisch- baltendeutscher Afrikaforscher. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „ Schweinf. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Kritische Rezeption. 3 Taxonomische Ehrung.

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   Who was Georg August Schweinfurth?

   • Georg August Schweinfurth, German botanist and traveler who explored the region of the upper Nile River basin known as the Baḥr al Ghazāl and discovered the Uele River, a tributary of the Congo. Schweinfurth’s interest in African plants took him across the Red Sea to the Sudanese port of Suakin and

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   Where was Georg Schweinfurth born?

   • His parents German fugitives from the Napoleonic war, they met in Riga where Georg Schweinfurth was born, the youngest of nine children. As a child he was sent to boarding school in the centre of the historic region of Livonia (then a part of Russia and now Latvia and Estonia), and later returned to Riga to continue his schooling.

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   What did Friedrich Schweinfurth discover?

   • On his return the Berlin Academy of Sciences awarded Schweinfurth a grant to explore central Africa, and from 1868-1871 he made numerous discoveries not only in the fields of geography and botany, but also in ethnography and history.

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   When did Friedrich Schweinfurth move to Germany?

   • The young Schweinfurth dreamed of becoming an explorer and at the age of 20 moved to Germany to study Heidelberg (1858-1859), Munich (1859-1860) and Berlin (1860-1861).

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9. www.smb.museum › detail › georg-schweinfurthGeorg Schweinfurth - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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   Jun 26, 2010 · Georg Schweinfurth. Pioneer of Textile Archaeology and African Explorer. 26.06.2010 to 19.06.2011. Bode-Museum. Encouraged by textile finds dating from Late Antiquity, discovered in Arsinoe (Egypt) at the beginning of the 1880s, the African explorer, Georg Schweinfurth, also decided to conduct excavation work there in 1884.