Ernst Behm

Ernst Behm ( born January 4, 1830 in Gotha, † March 15, 1884 in Gotha ) was a German geographer.

Behm studied in Jena, Berlin and Würzburg medicine, but resigned in 1856 in the geographic Institute of Perthes in Gotha, and devoted his energies preferably Petermanns Geographic releases.

This led Behm in 1872 the scientific proof that the ( by David Livingstone discovered ) Lualaba in Africa with Congo is identical, an assertion that denied decided after his first trip Henry Morton Stanley, but later ( 1877) her straight through him confirmation found.

In 1866, Behm had the Geographical Yearbook launched from the 1872 population statistics part was separated to give ( under Mitredaktion by Hermann Wagner) as a complementary volume of messages under the title to appear The population of the earth.

Since 1876, he also led the editors of the statistical part of the Gotha Hofkalenders and took over in 1878 after Peter 's death, the editor of the releases ". In 1883 he was elected a member of the Scholars Academy Leopoldina. He died March 15, 1884 in Gotha.