Emil Riebeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Emil Riebeck

German explorer and scientist

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1853

Place of Birth: PreuĂźlitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1885

Profession: chemist, explorer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Emil Riebeck

  • Emil Riebeck (11 June 1853 – 22 June 1885) was a German explorer, mineralogist, ethnologist, and naturalist.
  • He was born in Preusslitz to Carl Adolf Riebeck, an industrial magnate.
  • He traveled to North Africa and Arabia several times, and in 1881 travelled with Georg Schweinfurth on an expedition to Socotra.
  • He traveled with Adolf Bastian to the hills of Chittagong in 1882.
  • In 1884, he financed Gottlob Krause’s expedition to the Niger River, Benue River, and Lake Chad.
  • Riebeck amassed an extensive collection of artifacts from Eastern Asia, India, Arabia and Africa.
  • The mineral riebeckite is named after him.
  • Also, a species of Socotran lizard, Haemodracon riebeckii, is named in his honor.

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