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Ferdinand von Richthofen

German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905).

Born May 5th, 1833 in Pokój.

Died October 6th, 1905 at 72 years old in Berlin.

Occupations
explorer, geographer, geologist, university teacher, volcanologist

As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom