Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Swiss traveler and geographer
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller, geographer and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah during his travels in Arabia. He wrote his letters in French and signed Louis. Wikipedia
Born: November 24, 1784, Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: October 15, 1817 (age 32 years), Cairo, Egypt
Parents: Johann Rudolf Burckhardt
Education: University of Cambridge
Nationality: Swiss