Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865

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(lcsh) Sudan (Region)--Description and travel
Africa--Description and travel

found: Remarks on the recent travels of Dr. Barth in Central Africa or Soudan, 1858:p. 3 (Dr. Henry Barth)

found: LC database, Dec. 5, 1996(hdg.: Barth, Heinrich, 1821-1865; usage: Heinrich Barth; Henry Barth; H. Barth; variant: Henri Barth)

found: Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, 1890:first volume, title page (Henry Barth, Ph.D., D.C.L.) page v-vii (born in Hamburg on February 16, 1821; during his education at the Johanneum he showed a special taste for languages and history; entered the University of Berlin in 1839, studying philology and geography; interested in the Mediterranean region; obtained degree in 1844, and in 1845 began three years of travels, circumnavigating the Mediterranean region; ; received a message from Baron Bunsen, which resulted in his nearly 6-year journey from Tripoli to Bornu, Adamawa, Baghirmi, Sokoto, etc. to Timbuktu, then returning to Tripoli in August 1855; his book was published in German and English in 5 volumes in 1857, rich in topographical, historical, and anthropological details; from 1863 he was professor of geography at the University [of Berlin]; founded the Carl Ritter Institute, and was president of the Geographical Society; did further travel in the Mediterranean region and published several works on that; died on November 25, 1865 after two days' illness, in the midst of zealous work; his philological work on the vocabularies of Central Africa was left incomplete, only two parts having been published in 1862-63) page xv (he assumed Muslim dress and identity while traveling to Timbuktu, and the name 'Abd el Kerím, meaning "Servant of the Merciful") page xvii (awarded the Victoria medal by the Royal Geographical Society)

found: Wikipedia, June 16, 2023(Heinrich Barth; Johann Heinrich Barth; thought to be one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa; ability to speak and write Arabic and to learn African languages, fluent in Arabic, Fulani, Hausa and Kanuri; among the first to comprehend the uses of oral history of peoples; interested in the history and culture of African peoples, rather than possibilities of commercial exploitation; he wrote and published a 5-volume account of his travels in both English and German; died in Berlin on 25 November 1865, age 44)