About Heinrich Röntgen
Lived 1787 – 1813 (aged 25–26). Heinrich Röntgen was an explorer, biologist and scientific explorer.
Heinrich Röntgen (c. 1787–1813), was one of four students recommended as explorers to Joseph Banks' African Association by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, the others being Friedrich Hornemann, Ulrich Seetzen, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. All died in Africa.
Following the disappearance of British diplomat Benjamin Bathurst near Berlin in 1809, Röntgen accompanied Bathurst's wife Phillida when she travelled to Germany to search for her husband.
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Who was Heinrich Röntgen?
German explorer
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Heinrich Röntgen was born in 1787 in Neuwied.
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Heinrich Röntgen died in 1813 in Morocco.
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Heinrich Röntgen was an explorer, biologist and scientific explorer.
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