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Xeuglin Theodore von ( 20. 03.1824 - 05.11.1876)
Born in Hirschlanden in Württemberg. Thanks to the study of natural science and pharmacology, he prepared for early scientific expeditions. In Egypt, where Heiglin was located since 1850, he studied Arabic. From there, he made excursions to rocky Arabia and the shores of the Red Sea. Being a consulate officer in Khartoum (eastern Sudan) since 1852, he traveled with consul Reitz through Gedaref and Gallabat to Ethiopia, to the regions of Gondar and Cinema. In 1853, after Reitz’s death, Heiglin one went along the middle course of the White Nile and then went to Kordofan. In 1855, with rich collections, he returned to Vienna. In further travels in 1856-1857. Heiglin visited the Bayuda steppe of eastern Sudan and the coast of Somalia. Having received the leadership of the German expedition aimed at finding Vogel, he and other travelers on June 17, 1861 landed in Massau on the Red Sea, from where he intended to go through Darfur to Wadai. However, in Ethiopia suddenly changed the plan. Instead of turning directly to the west, he moved across the land of Gaul and first reached Gondar, Metelme and Doc, and then along the Blue Nile - Khartoum, where he joined the Dutch expedition Tinne to Bahr-el-Ghazal and Djuru. However, due to illness, Haiglin had to return to Europe through Khartoum, Berber and Suakin. In 1870 and 1871 Heiglin made two trips to the Arctic - to Spitsbergen and Novaya Zemlya, where he was mainly engaged in zoological research. In 1875, Heiglin was again in Africa, where he conducted research in the Nubian desert and entered the service of the Egyptian Viceroy. He died in Stuttgart during the preparation of the expedition to the island of Socotra. An island in the Belushya Bay in the northeast of the Matochkin Strait. Named by the expedition of Rosenthal in 1871. Cape in the north of the island Edge, Svalbard. Glacier in the east of Sabina Land, West Spitsbergen Island. The coordinates are 78° 20'N 18° 30'E. |
