Geograph, Geologe und Forschungsreisender. Bruder von Emil Schlagintweit, Hermann von Schlagintweit und Adolph Schlagintweit.
Robert Schlagintweit (shlah'-gint-vite) (24 October 1833 München (Munich), Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern (Administrative District of Upper Bavaria), Königreich Bayern (Kingdom of Bavaria) – 6 June 1885 Giessen, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein "Hesse-Darmstadt" (Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine), ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit in 1859, was a German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about his travels in North America.
The fourth of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich joined his brothers Hermann and Adolf at an early age in their Alpine researches and jointly published "Neue Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie und Geologie der Alpen" in 1854.
Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned in 1854 by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. For the next three years they travelled through the Deccan, then up into the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Kunlun mountains. Hermann and Robert were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun.
Botanical specimens collected by the Schlagintweit brothers are held at several herbaria around the world, including the Philadelphia Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Numerous specimens were collected by their team; twenty-four specimens have been credited partially or fully to him.
Subsequently, Robert returned to Europe. In 1859 he was ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit, and in 1863 became a professor of geography at the University of Giessen (renamed Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen in 1946). With his brother Herman, he published "Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia" (four vols., Leipsic, 1860–1866).
Robert made several trips to North America between 1867 and 1870. Starting in Boston with the Lowell Institute with a series of twelve lectures on "Orography and Physical Geography of High Asia," he gave lectures in German and English throughout the United States. He also explored the Pacific coast. He wrote several books on American subjects, including "Die Pacificeisenbahnen in Nordamerika" (1870), "Kalifornien" (1871), "Die Mormonen" (1874), and "Die Prärien des amerikanischen Westens" (1876).
Robert Schlagintweit (shlah'-gint-vite) (24 October 1833 München (Munich), Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern (Administrative District of Upper Bavaria), Königreich Bayern (Kingdom of Bavaria) – 6 June 1885 Giessen, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein "Hesse-Darmstadt" (Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine), ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit in 1859, was a German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about his travels in North America.
The fourth of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich joined his brothers Hermann and Adolf at an early age in their Alpine researches and jointly published "Neue Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie und Geologie der Alpen" in 1854.
Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned in 1854 by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. For the next three years they travelled through the Deccan, then up into the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Kunlun mountains. Hermann and Robert were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun.
Botanical specimens collected by the Schlagintweit brothers are held at several herbaria around the world, including the Philadelphia Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Numerous specimens were collected by their team; twenty-four specimens have been credited partially or fully to him.
Subsequently, Robert returned to Europe. In 1859 he was ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit, and in 1863 became a professor of geography at the University of Giessen (renamed Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen in 1946). With his brother Herman, he published "Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia" (four vols., Leipsic, 1860–1866).
Robert made several trips to North America between 1867 and 1870. Starting in Boston with the Lowell Institute with a series of twelve lectures on "Orography and Physical Geography of High Asia," he gave lectures in German and English throughout the United States. He also explored the Pacific coast. He wrote several books on American subjects, including "Die Pacificeisenbahnen in Nordamerika" (1870), "Kalifornien" (1871), "Die Mormonen" (1874), and "Die Prärien des amerikanischen Westens" (1876).
Geograph, Geologe und Forschungsreisender. Bruder von Emil Schlagintweit, Hermann von Schlagintweit und Adolph Schlagintweit.
Robert Schlagintweit (shlah'-gint-vite) (24 October 1833 München (Munich), Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern (Administrative District of Upper Bavaria), Königreich Bayern (Kingdom of Bavaria) – 6 June 1885 Giessen, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein "Hesse-Darmstadt" (Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine), ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit in 1859, was a German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about his travels in North America.
The fourth of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich joined his brothers Hermann and Adolf at an early age in their Alpine researches and jointly published "Neue Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie und Geologie der Alpen" in 1854.
Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned in 1854 by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. For the next three years they travelled through the Deccan, then up into the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Kunlun mountains. Hermann and Robert were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun.
Botanical specimens collected by the Schlagintweit brothers are held at several herbaria around the world, including the Philadelphia Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Numerous specimens were collected by their team; twenty-four specimens have been credited partially or fully to him.
Subsequently, Robert returned to Europe. In 1859 he was ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit, and in 1863 became a professor of geography at the University of Giessen (renamed Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen in 1946). With his brother Herman, he published "Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia" (four vols., Leipsic, 1860–1866).
Robert made several trips to North America between 1867 and 1870. Starting in Boston with the Lowell Institute with a series of twelve lectures on "Orography and Physical Geography of High Asia," he gave lectures in German and English throughout the United States. He also explored the Pacific coast. He wrote several books on American subjects, including "Die Pacificeisenbahnen in Nordamerika" (1870), "Kalifornien" (1871), "Die Mormonen" (1874), and "Die Prärien des amerikanischen Westens" (1876).
Robert Schlagintweit (shlah'-gint-vite) (24 October 1833 München (Munich), Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern (Administrative District of Upper Bavaria), Königreich Bayern (Kingdom of Bavaria) – 6 June 1885 Giessen, Großherzogtum Hessen und bei Rhein "Hesse-Darmstadt" (Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine), ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit in 1859, was a German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about his travels in North America.
The fourth of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich joined his brothers Hermann and Adolf at an early age in their Alpine researches and jointly published "Neue Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie und Geologie der Alpen" in 1854.
Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned in 1854 by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. For the next three years they travelled through the Deccan, then up into the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Kunlun mountains. Hermann and Robert were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun.
Botanical specimens collected by the Schlagintweit brothers are held at several herbaria around the world, including the Philadelphia Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the National Herbarium of Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Numerous specimens were collected by their team; twenty-four specimens have been credited partially or fully to him.
Subsequently, Robert returned to Europe. In 1859 he was ennobled as Robert von Schlagintweit, and in 1863 became a professor of geography at the University of Giessen (renamed Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen in 1946). With his brother Herman, he published "Results of a Scientific Mission to India and High Asia" (four vols., Leipsic, 1860–1866).
Robert made several trips to North America between 1867 and 1870. Starting in Boston with the Lowell Institute with a series of twelve lectures on "Orography and Physical Geography of High Asia," he gave lectures in German and English throughout the United States. He also explored the Pacific coast. He wrote several books on American subjects, including "Die Pacificeisenbahnen in Nordamerika" (1870), "Kalifornien" (1871), "Die Mormonen" (1874), and "Die Prärien des amerikanischen Westens" (1876).
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Robert
von Schlagintweit
geb. zu München am 27. Oct. 1833
gest. zu Giessen am 6. Juni 1885
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