# Ferdinand von Richthofen

> He gave the Silk Road its name. The German geographer's 1877 coinage turned a tangle of ancient caravan routes into a single phrase that shaped how the world thinks about East-West exchange.

*German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-von-richthofen

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1833-05-05
- **Died:** 1905-10-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen was born on 5 May 1833 into a German noble family. He built his career as a traveller and scientist, ranging across continents to map and study the physical world. In 1877 he coined "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" — Silk Road, Silk Routes — terms that would outlive him by centuries. He also standardized chorography and chorology, tightening the methods geographers use to describe and compare regions. He died on 6 October 1905, leaving a discipline more rigorous and a metaphor the world still uses.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #121

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Richthofen)
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