Jesko von Puttkamer - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jesko Albert Eugen von Puttkamer (2 July 1855 in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

; 23 January 1917 in Berlin) was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

colonial military chief, and nine times governor of Kamerun

Kamerun

German Cameroon was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.-History:-1800s:...

13 May 1887 - 4 October 1887
14 August 1890 - 2 December 1890
31 December 1894 - 27 March 1895
5 May 1895 - 26 October 1895
11 September 1897 - 12 January 1898
14 October 1898 - 17 January 1900
16 November 1900 - 3 February 1902
2 October 1902 - 9 May 1904
31 January 1905 - January 1906.

He has left a splendid residential manor in Buea

Buea

Buea is the capital of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. The town is located on the eastern slopes of Mount Cameroon and has a population of 90,088 . Buea was the colonial capital of the German Kamerun from 1901 to 1919,and the capital of the Southern Cameroons from 1949 until 1961...

, Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

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