# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carsten-niebuhr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:54:22.510Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/carsten-niebuhr"
name: "Carsten Niebuhr"
slug: "carsten-niebuhr"
description: "Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr, was a German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark-Norway. He is renowned for his participation in the Danish Arabia expedition (1761-1767). He was the father of the Danish-German statesman and historian Barthold Georg Niebuhr, who published an account of his father's life in 1817."
tagline: "German mathematician, botanist, cartographer and explorer in Danish service (1733–1815)"
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birthDate: "1733-03-17"
deathDate: "1815-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump