Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz (16 July 1834 – end of October 1886) was a German merchant and the founder of German South West Africa, Imperial Germany's first colony. The coastal town of Lüderitz, located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, is named after him.
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16 July 1834 Bremen
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Died |
30 October 1886 (aged 52)
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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