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Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1873 – August 5, 1969
German explorer (1873-1969)
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Adolf Friedrich Albrecht Heinrich Duke of Mecklenburg, until 1919: Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg[-Schwerin] was a German nobleman, African traveler, colonial official and sports official. He was the last governor of the German colony of Togo and was briefly designated as head of state of the planned United Baltic Duchy at the end of the First World War. In the interwar period he was active in the colonial movement. After the Second World War, he became the first president of the German Olympic Committee from 1949 to 1951.
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