Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Hermann Schomburgk

German explorer, botanist, and ichthyologist

Date of Birth: 05-Jun-1804

Place of Birth: Freyburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1865

Profession: diplomat, land surveyor, cartographer, botanist, ichthyologist, explorer, traveller

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain in the Dominican Republic and Thailand.