Georg Hartmann (geographer)


Georg Hartmann (August 4, 1865 - July 12, 1946) was a German geographer working in German South-West Africa. He was born in Dresden and educated at Dresden and Leipzig. He was known for his Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae). Hartmann's Mountain Zebra is a subspecies of the Mountain Zebra native to south-western Angola, Namibia and South Africa.

Hartmann worked as a director for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company and was a founder of the town Grootfontein in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.

He died at Grammersdorf in Schleswig-Holstein.


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