Hugo Marquardsen

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Hugo Marquardsen (born February 2, 1869 - † May 17, 1920 ) was a geographer at the Reich Colonial Office .

In 1889 he joined the 2nd Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 82, where he was promoted to adjutant in 1893. From 1897 to 1900 he was a topographer and interpreter for Russian at the War Academy.

In 1901 he was assigned to the Foreign Office and did a ten-month training course in astronomical longitude and latitude at the Göttingen observatory with Leopold Ambronn in preparation for colonial deployment. In 1902/1903 he took part as an astronomer in Cameroon on the "Yola-Tschadsee border expedition" with Franz von Stephani under the direction of Hans Glauning .

From 1904 to 1907 he served again in his regiment. In 1908/09 he studied geography at the University of Göttingen, where he did his doctorate under H. Wagner with the thesis The surface design and hydrography of the Saharan-Sudanese drainless area . In 1908 the Reich Colonial Office employed him as an unskilled worker. In 1911 he succeeded Alexander von Danckelman here . From 1912 he published the communications from the German protected areas . In 1917 he was appointed secret councilor and lecturer in the Reichskolonialamt.

He died of a serious illness.

Publications

  • The Niger-Benuë: A historical-geographical description of the natural connection of North Cameroon with the coast ; Wilhelm Süsseroff, 1909
  • The border areas of Cameroon in the south and east, mainly due to the results of the border expeditions. Regional studies part ; In messages from the German protected areas. Supplementary booklet; 9a ; Berlin, Mittler, 1914
  • The colonial map collection of the Reich Colonial Office ; 1915
  • Belgian Congo, geographical overview ; 1916
  • The current state of Angola's climatic exploration ; 1917
  • Our colonies: trench books for the German people; 57 ; Karl Siegismund, 1917
  • Angola ; January 1920; 2nd edition 1928 by Alfred Stahl

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uitgebreide genealogie van Wilhelm PEIPERS (PDF file)
  2. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF file)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rudolf-hafeneder.de
  3. ↑ Deutsches Koloniallexikon 1920, SCHNEE, H. In: ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de. January 1, 1913, accessed January 4, 2015 .
  4. ↑ J. Perthes: Geographischer Anzeiger . 1921, limited preview in Google Book search
  5. ^ Hugo Marquardsen: Angola. In: openlibrary.org. 1928, Retrieved January 4, 2015 .


personal data
SURNAME Marquardsen, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer of the Reich Colonial Office
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1869
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1920