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- Systematische und kritische darstellung der allgemeinen gütergemeinschaft des Nürnberger stadtrechts auf der grundlage der "Verneuten nürnbergischen reformation" vom jahr 1564 und der einschlägigen additionaldekrete...
- Existenzphilosophie und Neutestamentliche Hermeneutik
- Allgemeine Leistungseigenschaften beim Simmentalerfleckvieh in der Viehzuchtgenossenschaft Heimiswil
- Inwieweit ist eine dingliche Sicherung des persönlichen Wiederkaufsrechtes in Ansehung eines Grundstückes möglich?
- Systematische und kritische Darstellung der allgemeinen Gütergemeinschaft des Nürnberger Stdtrechts auf der Grundlage der "verneuten Nürnbergischen Reformation" vom Jahr 1564 und der einschlägigen Additional-Dekrete
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Key facts
- Born
- 16 February 1821 ( 1821-02-16 ) , Hamburg , German Confederation
- Died
- 25 November 1865 (1865-11-25) (aged 44), Berlin , Kingdom of Prussia , German Confederation
- Occupations
- African explorer and scholar
- Awards
- Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1856) , Companionship of the Bath (1862)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johann
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- archaeologist
- Educated at
- Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Field of work
- geography
- Image
- Barth Unterschrift.jpg
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- Heinrich Barth
- date of birth
- 1821-02-16
- date of death
- 1865-11-25
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- Heinrich Barth
- name in native language
- Heinrich Barth
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- Heinrich Barth
- writing language
- German
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Encyclopedic overview
Johann Heinrich Barth (/bɑːrθ, bɑːrt/; German: [baʁt]; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa and scholar.
Barth is thought to be one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa, as his scholarly preparation, ability to speak and write Arabic, learning African languages, and character meant that he carefully documented the details of the cultures he visited. He was among the first to comprehend the uses of oral history of peoples, and collected many. He established friendships with African rulers and scholars during his five years of travel (1850–1855). After the deaths of two European companions, he completed his travels with the aid of Africans. Afterwards, he wrote and published a five-volume account of his travels in both English and German. It has been invaluable for scholars of his time and since.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heinrich Barth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.