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Adolf Lüderitz

Founder of German Southwest Africa (1834-1886)
Person Human Q77340

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
July 16, 1834
Date of death
October 1886, October 24, 1886[10]
Place of birth
Bremen
Place of death
Orange River
Country of citizenship
Bremen[13]
Occupation
merchant, explorer, settler, businessperson, colonizer
Position held
Magistrat (Deutschland)[14]
Father
Adolf Lüderitz[11]
Child
Adolf Lüderitz[12]
Sibling
August Lüderitz[30]
Cause of death
drowning[17]
Work location
German South-West Africa[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[27]
Archives at
State Archives of Bremen[16]
Birth name
Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz[28]
Collection items at
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Natural History Museum, Vienna[31][32]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Neue Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24][25][26]
Family name
Lüderitz[18]
Given name
Franz, Adolf, Eduard[19][20][21]
Manner of death
accidental death[23]
Name in native language
Adolf Lüderitz[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Adolf Lüderitz en Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz en Franz Adolf Eduard von Lüderitz de Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz el Άντολφ Λύντεριτς es Adolfo Luderitz es Adolf Luderitz es Franz Adolf Eduard Luderitz es Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz fr Adolf Luderitz fr Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz he אדולף לידריץ ja アドルフ・リューデリッツ nl Adolf Luderitz nl Adolf Luederitz pl Adolf Lüderitz pt Adolf Eduard Lüderitz pt Adolf Lüderitz pt Lüderitz ru Людериц, Франц Адольф Эдуард
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
000000002485743X
VIAF cluster ID
40170590
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85359128
GND ID
11857504X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Adolf Lüderitz.jpg ↗
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
adolf-eduard-luderitz
Bionomia ID
Adolf Lüderitz
BookBrainz author ID
eedbc013-3c5b-484c-acb7-7e292f8835c3
British Museum person or institution ID
169424
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
luderitz-franz-adolf-eduard
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02428075
DDB person (GND) ID
11857504X
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11857504X
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Franz-Adolf-Luderitz
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
adolf-luderitz
FAST ID
236168
Freebase ID
/m/08t99f
Harvard Index of Botanists ID
46183
IdRef ID
119073811
J9U entity ID
987007278656405171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
11857504X
Kallías ID
PE00469672
Museum-digital person/organization ID
44482
NE.se ID
adolf-luderitz
Niedersächsische Personen ID
1043149996
Open Library ID
OL1449815A
PM20 folder ID
pe/019000
WBIS ID
D342-525-4
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwRWR89m3f86kwXfWMF8C

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Nordisk familjebok, Neue Deutsche Biographie
Given name 3
Adolf, Eduard, Franz
Occupation 3
merchant, settler, explorer
Collection items at 2
Natural History Museum, Vienna, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
Named after 2
Lüderitz, Lüderitz Bay
Bionomia ID 1
Adolf Lüderitz
Cause of death 1
drowning
Country of citizenship 1
Bremen
Heads of government of 1
German South-West Africa
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Manner of death 1
accidental death
Place of birth 1
Bremen
Place of death 1
Orange River
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
German South-West Africa
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Adolf Lüderitz
← SNARC ID 1
Earlston
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Summary

Adolf Lüderitz was born on July 16, 1834[1], in Bremen[2]. He died in October 1886[3] in Orange River[4]. He worked as a merchant[5], explorer[6], settler[7], businessperson[8], and colonizer[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Adolf Lüderitz include Lüderitz[33], a city[34], in Namibia[35], founded in 1883[36] and Lüderitz Bay[37], a bay[38], in Namibia[39].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Adolf Lüderitz include Lüderitz[33], a city[34], in Namibia[35], founded in 1883[36] and Lüderitz Bay[37], a bay[38], in Namibia[39].

FAQs

Where was Adolf Lüderitz born?

Adolf Lüderitz's place of birth was Bremen[2].

Where did Adolf Lüderitz die?

Adolf Lüderitz died in Orange River[4].

Who were Adolf Lüderitz's parents?

Adolf Lüderitz's father was Adolf Lüderitz[11].

What did Adolf Lüderitz do for work?

Adolf Lüderitz worked as a merchant[5], explorer[6], settler[7], businessperson[8], and colonizer[9].

Related Entities

Orange River

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Niedersächsische Personen. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [10] ↑ . Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . herbarium.bgbm.org. herbarium.bgbm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . w.jacq.org. w.jacq.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Adolf Lüderitz
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64331: import child (P40) from GND"
  2. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Father → Adolf Lüderitz
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64326: import father (P22) from GND"
  3. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64168: add GND as source to unsourced or imported family members"
  4. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63513: add missing info to P1343=DtBio"
  5. 13d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → merchant, explorer, settler +2
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #61951: Import professions from Lower Saxony Biography"
  6. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Orange River
    Cause of death → drowning
    Instance of → human
    Languages spoken, written or signed → German
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32152: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
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