Arnold Schultze

Born in Cologne on March 24, 1875, Arnold Schultze was a German officer, geographer, and entomologist who later became known as Arnold Schultze-Rhonhof. He is remembered for work that crossed several fields at once, combining exploration, scientific collecting, and writing.

Schultze traveled in Africa and produced studies shaped by both field experience and historical research. He specialized in Lepidoptera, and collections he made in the 1910s became part of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart. His writing on regions around Lake Chad, including The Sultanate of Bornu, reflects his interest in landscape, peoples, and political history.

He died on Madeira on August 22, 1948. For readers today, his work offers a glimpse into how travel, natural history, and geography were often intertwined in the books of his era.