Heinrich Röntgen
Heinrich Röntgen | |
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| Born | 1787 |
| Died | 1813 |
Heinrich Röntgen (1787–1813), was one of four students recommended as explorers to Joseph Banks' African Association by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, the others being Friedrich Hornemann, , and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. All died in Africa.[1]
Following the disappearance of British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst near Berlin in 1809, Röntgen accompanied Bathurst's wife Phillida when she travelled to Germany to search for her husband.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Liebersohn, Harry (2006). The Travelers' World: Europe to the Pacific. Harvard University Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-674-02185-1.
- ^ "A Mysterious Crime". Littell's Living Age. Boston: Littell, Son, and Company. XIX: 231–234. 1862. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
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