Adolph Schlagintweit
1829–57
German geologist and explorer. Lecturer in geology, University of Munich, 1853–4. Accompanied his brothers on a scientific expedition to India and Tibet, during which he was put to death by the amir of Kashgar.
Sources
ADB
EB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
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