# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustav-adolf-von-gotzen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:50:21.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gustav-adolf-von-gotzen"
name: "Gustav Adolf von Götzen"
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description: "Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen was a German explorer, colonial administrator, and military officer who served as Reichskommissar of German East Africa. He came to Rwanda in 1894 becoming the second European to enter the territory, since Oscar Baumann’s brief expedition in 1892, and later, he became the first European to cross the entire territory of Rwanda."
tagline: "German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator (1866–1910)"
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category:
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birthDate: "1866-05-12"
deathDate: "1910-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump