German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer
Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) was a mathematician, astronomer, and explorer. He was born in Cuxhaven and pursued his higher education at the University of Göttingen. Niebuhr held citizenship in the Duchy of Holstein and Bremen-Verden, two regions in present-day Germany. He was the father of Barthold Georg Niebuhr, a notable German historian. Carsten Niebuhr passed away in Meldorf on April 26, 1815.
German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer