Emil Riebeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German explorer and scientist
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Place of Birth: PreuĂźlitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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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