Georg August Schweinfurth
(redirected from Georg Schweinfurth)

Also found in: Wikipedia

0.01 sec.

Schweinfurth, Georg August

Born Dec. 29, 1836, in Riga; died Sept. 19, 1925, in Berlin. German botanist and African explorer.

Schweinfurth studied at the universities of Heidelberg, Munich, and Berlin between 1856 and 1862. From 1863 to 1866 he conducted botanical research in Egypt, eastern Sudan, and on the coast of the Red Sea. Between 1869 and 1871 he was commissioned by the Prussian Academy of Sciences to explore the Bahr al-Gazal River basin. After arriving at Khartoum, Schweinfurth traveled to the Tonj and Jur rivers and discovered the Wau River and the sources of the Jur. In 1870 he discovered the Uélé River in the Congo basin. In 1873–1874 he participated in the Rolfs expedition into the Libyan Desert.

WORKS

Im Herzen von Afrika, 4th ed. Leipzig, 1922.
Auf unbetretenen Wegen in Aegypten. Hamburg-Berlin, 1922.

REFERENCE

Gornung, M. B., Iu. G. Lipets, and I. N. Oleinikov. Istoriia otkrytiia i issledovaniia Afriki. Moscow, 1973.

Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.

?Page tools

Printer friendly
Cite / link

Feedback

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			Georg Herwegh Georg Iosifovich Goian Georg Jellinek Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Kaiser Georg Karlovich Ots Georg Kerschensteiner Georg Klaus Georg Klebs Georg Kolbe Georg Konstantinovich Brauer Georg Lasson Georg Ledebour Georg Ludwig Von Maurer Georg Lukacs Georg Lukács Georg Maurer Georg Ots Georg Ovsepovich Petrosian Georg Petrosian Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Prochaska Georg Raphael Donner Georg Rudolf Weckherlin Georg Schumann Georg Schweinfurth Georg Simmel Georg Simon Ohm Georg Stiernhielm Georg Tasch Georg Vega Georg Vilgelm Rikhman Georg Von Bekesy Georg Von Békésy Georg Von Below Georg Von Purbach Georg Von Vollmar Georg Waitz Georg Weerth Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Georg Wilhelm Pabst Georg Wilhelm Steller Georg Wissowa Georg Wolfgang Felix Hallgarten Georgadze, Mikhail Georgadze, Mikhail Porfirevich George GEORGE 3 George Abraham Grierson George and Martha			Georg Ludwig von Maurer Georg Lukacs Georg Lukács Georg M. Brandes Georg Maurer Georg Meissner Georg Meißner Georg Moritz Ebers Georg Morris Brandes Georg Morris Cohen Brandes Georg Ohm Georg Ohm Georg Ots Georg Ovsepovich Petrosian Georg Petrosian Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Phillipp Telemann Georg Phillipp Telemann Georg Prochaska Georg Rafael Donner Georg Raphael Donner Georg Riemann Georg Ritter von Trapp Georg Rudolf Weckherlin Georg Schumann Georg Schweinfurth Georg Simmel Georg Simon Ohm Georg Simon Ohm Georg Simon Ohm Management Institute Georg Solti Georg Stahl Georg Steller Georg Steller Georg Stiernhielm Georg Stjernhjelm Georg Szell Georg Tasch Georg Telemann Georg Telemann Georg Trakl Georg Vega Georg Vilgelm Rikhman Georg von Bekesy Georg von Békésy Georg Von Below Georg von Cancrin Georg von Hevesy Georg von Maurer Georg Von Purbach Georg von Vollmar Georg W F Hegel Georg W F Hegel Georg W. F. Hegel Georg W. F. Hegel

Encyclopedia

Free Tools:	For surfers: Free toolbar & extensions \| Word of the Day \| Help For webmasters: Free content \| Linking \| Lookup box \| Double-click lookup

Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.

Georg August Schweinfurth (redirected from Georg Schweinfurth)

WORKS

REFERENCE

Georg August Schweinfurth
(redirected from Georg Schweinfurth)