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Mar 11, 1887 Hamburg, Germany Died on 29 Jul 1966 (aged 79)
German explorer
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About Carl Rathjens
- Carl August Rathjens (born 11 March 1887 in Elmshorn, Germany; died 29 July 1966 in Hamburg, Germany) was a German geographer whose primary interests were in South Arabian historiography, geology and ethnography.
- He made several visits to Yemen, in the years 1927, 1931, 1934 and 1938.
- He is considered the greatest scholar of Yemeni research in the 20th century.
- He contributed more than any other in conducting scientific and ethnographic research, resulting in a wide range of findings, and he has left over 2500 ethnographical items and some 4000 positive and negative photographs from South Arabia.
