"Nachtigalplatz" (Nachtigal Square) in Berlin was renamed "Manga-Bell-Platz", in honor of Duala king and resistance leader Rudolf Duala Manga Bell
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Gustav Hermann Nachtigal
Gustav Nachtigal was a German military surgeon and explorer of Central and West Africa. He is also known as the German Empire's consul-general for Tunisia and Commissioner for West Africa. His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire.
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science · German explorer of Central and West Africa (1834–1885) · explorer · writer · botanical collector · botanist · Africanist · diplomat · physician · also Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, Gustav Nachtigal, Nacht., Gustav Nachtigall, G. Nachtigall, Nachtigal
Born 23 February 1834 · Died 20 April 1885 · Q60549
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1888· 1 entry
Nachtigal’s remains were exhumed and reburied in a ceremonial grave in Duala (then a German protectorate) in front of the Kamerun colonial government building
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1885· 1 entry
Died 1885-04-20.
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1884· 1 entry
Career landmark: Reichskommissar (1884–1885).
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1882· 2 entries
Won Founder’s Medal (1882).
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Was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Founder's Medal
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1876· 1 entry
Awarded Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations (1876).
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1869· 1 entry
From Ottoman Tripoli and accomplished his mission after a two years' journey
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1834· 1 entry
Born 1834-02-23.
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