Adolf Overweg (24 July 1822 – 27 September 1852) was a German astronomer, geologist, and explorer of Africa. As a member of a mission to fix trade routes...
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Look up overweg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Overweg is a German surname, derived from the Dutch word/surname ‘overweg’, meaning ‘over road or...
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caricaturist Adolf Ogi (born 1942), Swiss politician Adolf Opálka (1915–1942), Czech anti-Nazi fighter Adolf Overweg (1822–1852), German scientist Adolf Petrovsky...
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went for the second time to Ghat accompanied by Heinrich Barth and Adolf Overweg. His party were the first Europeans to cross the stony elevated plain...
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(1786–1828), Clapperton (1788–1827) & Walter Oudney (1786–1828) {+ Adolf Overweg (1813–1852)} [1822-25]. From Tripoli they became the first Europeans...
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expedition (1822–25), Heinrich Barth (1850–55 with James Richardson and Adolf Overweg), Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs (1865–1867), Gustav Nachtigal (1869–1874)...
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Westminster, encouraged the appointment of scholars, including Barth and Adolf Overweg, a Prussian astronomer, to the expedition of James Richardson, an explorer...
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Bunsen, pleaded with the British government to let Heinrich Barth and Adolf Overweg join up with Richardson's expedition to assure that geographical and...
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for Vogel to be chosen by the British government to join the Richardson, Overweg and Barth expedition with supplies. That expedition had been sent to Africa...
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Solomon Oppert Johannes Orth Felix Otto (mathematician) Johannes Overbeck Adolf Overweg Hermann Pabst Spiridon Palauzov Herbert Edward Palmer Raimon Panikkar...
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Johann Wilhelm Neander Hans Georg Niemeyer Max Nonne Hans Erich Nossack Adolf Overweg Fredrik Pacius Carl Friedrich Petersen Wolfgang Petersen Martin Eduard...
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October 1974 Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Attendance: 15,924 Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany) Porto won 5–4 on aggregate. 2 October 1974 San Siro...
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the Protestant working class long remained conservatives or adherents of Adolf Stoecker's Christian Social Party, which combined a strong Christian-right...
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