Otto Friedrich von Richter

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Otto Friedrich von Richter

Otto Friedrich von Richter (born August 6, 1792 in Neu-Kusthof ( Estonian : Vastse-Kuuste ) near Dorpat , Livonia ; † August 13, 1816 in Smyrna , Ottoman Empire ) was a philologist and explorer.

Life

Otto Friedrich was a member of the Baltic noble family von Richter . His father was the Livonian state politician Otto Magnus von Richter (1755-1826).

Richter studied classical philology and oriental languages ​​in Heidelberg, Vienna and Constantinople. In 1809 he became a member of the Corps Curonia in Heidelberg . In 1815 he toured Egypt and Nubia with Sven Frederik Lidman (1784–1845), and in 1816 Constantinople and Asia Minor. On this last trip he succumbed to an infectious disease.

His brother was the Livonian country marshal Eduard von Richter .

literature

  • Sergei Stadnikov : Otto Friedrich von Richter's research trip to Lower Nubia in 1815: Excerpts from the diary. In: Communications for anthropology and the history of religion (MARG). 15. 2000, Ugarit-Verlag: Münster 2003.
  • Indrek Juerjo , Sergei Stadnikow: Letters from Egypt. Otto Friedrich von Richter's scientific journey in Egypt and Lower Nubia in 1815 , 2008, ( digitized version ).
  • Indrek Jürjo, Sergej Stadnikov: Letters from the Orient: Otto Friedrich von Richter's research trip in the years 1814-1816 . Kovač, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8300-7289-8 .
  • Otto Friedrich von Richter: Pilgrimages in the Orient: From his diaries and letters presented by Johann Philipp Gustav Ewers . Berlin, 1822.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part 1, 1: Livland, Görlitz 1929, p. 173.
  2. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 111 , 9
personal data
SURNAME Richter, Otto Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Philologist and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Neu-Kusthof
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1816
Place of death Smyrna , Ottoman Empire