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Schomburgk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865), German-born explorer for Great Britain in the nineteenth century (whose botanical abbreviation is R.H.Schomb.) * Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811–1891), his brother, director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden (whose botanical abbreviation is M.R.Schomb.) *Hans Schomburgk Hans Schomburgk, (October 28, 1880 in Hamburg – July 27, 1967 in Berlin) was a German adventurer, filmmaker and until 1912 a big-game hunter. Biography Schomburgk participated in a number of expeditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In add ... (1880–1967), German explorer and film-maker * Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player See also *'' Schomburgkia'' a genus of orchids {{surname, Schomburgk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hermann Schomburgk
Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. Life and career Schomburgk was born at Freyburg, Prussian Saxony, the son of a Protestant minister. In 1820, while staying with his uncle, he learned botany from a professor. Commercial career He entered commercial life and, in 1828, went to the United States, where he worked for a time as a clerk in Boston and Philadelphia. In 1828, he was requested to supervise a transport of Saxon sheep to the American state of Virginia, where he lived for a time. The same year, he became a partner in a tobacco manufactory at Richmond. The factory was burned, and Schomburgk was ruined. He suffered further setbacks on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, where he lost all his belongings in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moritz Richard Schomburgk
Moritz Richard Schomburgk (5 October 1811 – 24 March 1891), generally known as Richard Schomburgk, was a German botanist and curator of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Family Schomburgk was born in Freyburg, Saxony, the son of Johann Friedrich Ludwig Schomburgk (a Lutheran minister in Thuringia), and his wife Christiane Juliane Wilhelmine (née Krippendorf). He married Pauline Henriette Kneib (c. 1822 – 24 July 1879) at sea aboard ''Princess Louise''. Among their children were: *Otto Schomburgk (c. 1858 – 1 September 1938), who held several important posts such as Chief Probation Officer with the South Australian public service. He married Ada Louise Downer, daughter of Henry Downer * Eldest daughter Marie Caroline Schomburgk married widower Rev James Sunter in Sydney on 28 May 1894. His older brother, Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865), carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies (in which Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Schomburgk
Hans Schomburgk, (October 28, 1880 in Hamburg – July 27, 1967 in Berlin) was a German adventurer, filmmaker and until 1912 a big-game hunter. Biography Schomburgk participated in a number of expeditions throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to being a big-game hunter, he also procured African animals for European zoos, including such curiosities as the pygmy hippopotamus. Schomburgk is credited as being the first European to visit the Schikande River and Lake Sengwe of southern Angola. Also, he took part in the manufacture of the first map of western Liberia. Schomburgk is remembered today for his "ethnodramas" filmed on location in Africa. From 1922 until 1925 he was married to German actress Meg Gehrts (1891-1966), who was featured in his ''Weiße Göttin der Wangora'' (''The White Goddess of the Wangora''), a movie filmed in Togoland in 1913. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Schomburgk
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk (; 23 June 1885 – 26 March 1965) was a male tennis player and footballer from Germany. At the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 he won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Dorothea Köring. He participated in the 1906 Wimbledon Championships The 1906 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 25 June until 5 July.2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little ( ..., reaching the second round, where he was beaten by Frank Riseley, who later on was to challenge the defending champion Laurence Doherty References 1885 births 1965 deaths Sportspeople from Leipzig German male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1912 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
