Carsten Niebuhr
(1733-1815)
German mathematician, cartographer and explorer
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Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr (17 March 1733 Lüdingworth – 26 April 1815 Meldorf, Dithmarschen), was a German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark. He is renowned for his participation in the Royal Danish Arabia Expedition (1761-1767). He was the father of the Danish-German statesman and historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr, who published an account of his father's life in 1817.
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17 March 1733 Lüdingworth
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26 April 1815 (aged 82) Meldorf, Dithmarschen
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