# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adolf-overweg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:26.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adolf-overweg"
name: "Adolf Overweg"
slug: "adolf-overweg"
description: "Adolf Overweg was a German astronomer, geologist, and explorer of Africa. As a member of a mission to fix trade routes in Central Africa he became the first person of European origin to circumnavigate Lake Chad by boat."
tagline: "German astronomer and geologist (1822-1852)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PPN663943922_Adolf_Overweg_(1853)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1822-07-24"
deathDate: "1852-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.71428571428572
  historical:           10.93830133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Адолф Офервег"
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    title: "Adolf Overweg"
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    title: "Adolf Overweg"
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    title: "Adolf Overweg"
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    title: "Adolf Overweg"
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    title: "Adolf Overweg"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Overweg"
    title: "Adolf Overweg"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump