Carsten Niebuhr, or Karsten Niebuhr, was a German mathematician, cartographer, and explorer in the service of Denmark-Norway. He is renowned for participating in the Danish Arabia Expedition (1761–1767) and for publishing the first Hausa language vocabulary in Latin script, in collaboration with the Tripolitan diplomat Abd al-Rahman Aga.
- Occupation
- mathematician, explorer, cartographer, naturalist
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Bremen and Verden, Duchy of Holstein
- Born
- March 17, 1733, 1733
- Died
- April 26, 1815, 1815
