Ferdinand von Hochstetter

German geologist (1829–1884)

  • Fame48.8
  • Momentum4.6
  • Wikipedia615
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Lived 1829–1884, aged 55
AcademicsAcademic
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    17 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1829–1884
    Aged 55
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-24

Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter was a German-Austrian geologist. In 1857 he was appointed geologist on the Austrian Novara expedition to New Zealand, collecting natural history specimens and producing the first geological map of New Zealand.

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Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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