Fedor Jagor

Andreas Fedor Jagor ( born November 30, 1816 in Berlin, † February 11, 1900 in ) was a German explorer and ethnographer.

Life and work

Fedor Jagor dealt, inspired by a visit to Paris, with ethnography. On behalf of the Museums of Berlin, he traveled to South and Southeast Asia. From 1859 to 1861 he was in India, East Asia and the South Pacific. On the island of Java and the Malay Archipelago he stayed from 1873 to 1876 and from 1890 to 1893.

Since 1869 was Jagor member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory, on January 9, 1879, he became a member of the Leopoldina.

Jagor held an extensive correspondence with Rudolf Virchow and held his travel experiences and observations in several ledgers. His ethnographic collections he bequeathed to the Museum of Ethnology in Berlin. His fortune and his art collection he donated to the city of Berlin. His tomb with a framework established by Constantin Starck grave monument is located on the southwest by reburial Stahnsdorf.

Writings (selection )

• Singapore, Malacca, Java: travel sketches. J. Springer, Berlin 1866; digitized version
• Travel in the Philippines. Weidmann, Berlin 1873
• East Indian trade and business with regard to the European labor market. J. Springer, Berlin 1878

Evidence