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Ludwig Becker

1808-09-05 – 1861-04-29

Portrait of Ludwig Becker
Ludwig Becker, Australia, 1861Credit: Frederick Schoenfeld (1810–1868) (see http://www.npg.gov.au/site/collection_info.php?searchtype=basic&searchstring=FrederickSchoenfeld&irn=222&acno=2000.32)

Life & Legacy

Ludwig Phillip Heinrich Becker (5 or 9 September 1808 – 27 April 1861) was a German artist, explorer and naturalist. He was born in Rödelheim near Frankfurt am Main. He moved to Australia in 1850, and was a member of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition. He died at the expedition's camp on the western bank of Koorliatto Waterhole, Bulloo River in 1861.

Occupation & Career

explorer, illustrator, painter, naturalist, ornithologist, botanical collector, lithographer, artist

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q111646 — wikidata View source

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