Jean Jacques David
Jean Jacques David (actually Johann Jakob David ; born March 31, 1871 in Basel ; † March 16, 1908 in Lisala , Belgian Congo ) was a Swiss explorer , mountaineer , mining engineer , zoologist and publicist . He was the brother of Adam David , who was also an African explorer.
As the son of the businessman Johann Jakob David sen. he grew up in Basel and completed scientific studies at universities in Berlin, Zurich and Basel; at the latter he received his doctorate in zoology in 1892. After working for two years at a marine biological station in Menton , France , he traveled to Egypt in 1893 , where he worked as a teacher and journalist. In 1896 the company J. Planta & Co. hired him to lead a cotton research station in the Nile Delta, then to build a soda - mine in the Libyan desert . In 1897 his brother Adam traveled to Egypt; together the two undertook a large trade expedition to Sudan in 1900 .
After a short stay in Switzerland in 1902, David took part in a four-year research expedition in the Congo Basin , where he a. a. was involved in the first ascent of the Ruwenzori Mountains and brought numerous rare exhibits to the Natural History Museum Basel . In 1906 he opened a copper mine in Bamanga , Congo ; After two years of exhausting reconstruction work, David fell seriously ill and was supposed to return to Switzerland, but died on the way in Lisala.
Web links
- Hans W. Debrunner: David, Johann Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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| SURNAME | David, Jean Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | David, Johann Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss African explorer, zoologist, mountaineer, publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1908 |
| Place of death | Lisala |