death_date death_place birth_place birth_date residence image article_title name occupation death_cause
4 october 1876 korntal near stuttgart , germany gerlingen near stuttgart , germany 16 january 1820 varies ; see text johannes rebmann.gif johannes rebmann
 johannes rebmann missionary , explorer pneumonia
johannes rebmann

johannes rebmann -lrb- january 16 , 1820 -- october 4 , 1876 -rrb- was a german missionary and explorer credited with feats including being the first european , along with his colleague johann ludwig krapf , to enter africa from the indian ocean coast .
in addition , he was the first european to find kilimanjaro .
news of rebmann 's discovery was published in the church missionary intelligencer in may 1849 , but disregarded as mere fantasy for the next twelve years .
the geographical society of london held that snow could not possibly occur let alone persist in such latitudes and considered the report to be the hallucination of a malaria-stricken missionary .
it was only in 1861 that researchers began their efforts to measure kilimanjaro .
expeditions to tanzania between 1861 and 1865 , led by the german baron carl claus von der decken , confirmed rebmann 's report .
together with his colleague johann ludwig krapf he also discovered mt. kenya .
their work there is also thought to have had effects on future african expeditions by europeans , including the exploits of sir richard burton , john hanning speke , and david livingstone .
after losing most of his eyesight and entering into a brief marriage , he died of pneumonia .
