| LC control no. | no2001076068 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rüppell, Eduard, 1794-1884 |
| Variant(s) | Rueppell, Eduard, 1794-1884 Rüppell, Edouard, 1794-1884 Rüppell, Eduardus, 1794-1884 Rüppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon, 1794-1884 |
| Associated country | Germany Ethiopia Sudan Egypt |
| Birth date | 17941120 |
| Death date | 18841210 |
| Place of birth | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) |
| Profession or occupation | Naturalists Explorers |
| Found in | Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika, 1826-1831: t.p. (Eduard Rüppell) Novae species algarum, 1837: t.p. (Eduardus Rüppell) NUC pre-56 (Rüppell, Eduard, 1794-1884; full name: Rüppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon) OCLC, Sept. 24, 2001 (hdgs.: Rüppell, Eduard, 1794-1884; Rüppell, Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon, 1794-1884; usage: Eduard Rüppell; Eduardus Rüppell) Journal des voyages, ou Archives géographiques du XIXe siècle. 74e cahier, Déc. 1824. I. Mémoires et notices. Notice sur Méhemet-Beg, et sa carte du Kordoufan, 1824: title page (page 265) (M. Edouard Rüppell; traveler, article extracted from his letter sent from Ambukol [Sudan]) Wikipedia, Aug. 27, 2015 (Eduard Rüppell; Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell; b. Frankfurt-am-Main, Nov. 20, 1794; d. Dec. 10, 1884; surname sometimes transliterated to Rueppell; visited Sinai in 1817, developed interest in natural history; attended lectures at University of Pavia and University of Genoa in botany and zoology; his first expedition was in 1821, accompanied by surgeon Michael Hey, through the Sinai desert; in 1822 they were the first European explorers to reach the Gulf of Aqaba; in 1823 they traveled up the Nile to Nubia, collecting specimens; started through Ethiopia, stopped by ill health; Rüppell returned to Europe in 1827; in 1830 he returned to Africa, became first naturalist to traverse Ethiopia; several species named after him; published travel account, Travels in Abyssinia) Encyclopaedia Britannica online, Aug. 26, 2015 (Eduard Rüppell; Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell; died Frankfurt-am-Main; first expedition 1822-28, crossing the Sudan from the Nubian Desert south to Kordofan; second expedition 1831-34, crossing Ethiopia from east to west by way of the ruins of Aksum; amassed ancient Ethiopian manuscripts during a stay in Gonder on his return trip) |
| Associated language | ger lat |
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