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Theodor Koch-Grünberg

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German ethnologist (1872-1924)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1872 to 1924 · aged 52
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Theodor Koch-Grünberg was a German ethnologist and explorer who travelled and studied the Indigenous peoples in South America, in particular the Pemon of Venezuela and other indigenous peoples in the Amazon region extending South-Western Brazil and a large part of the Vaupés region in Colombia.

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1918Carl-Ritter-Medal

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Theodor Koch-Grünberg was a German ethnologist and explorer who travelled and studied the Indigenous peoples in South America, in particular the Pemon of Venezuela and other indigenous peoples in the Amazon region extending South-Western Brazil and a large part of the Vaupés region in Colombia. The 2015 film El abrazo de la serpiente fictionalizes his illness and final days based on his journals.

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Germany
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1872 to 1924 · aged 52
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