Curt von Morgen

Curt Ernst von Morgen (1 November 1858 in Neiße – 15 February 1928 in Lübeck) was a Prussian explorer and officer, later General of Infantry during World War I.

Curt von Morgen was stationed in German Kamerun and undertook two research journeys to central Cameroon in 1889 and from 1890 to 1891.

He also led two military expeditions against the Abo north of Douala and the Kwe (Bakwiri) near Mount Cameroon.

On mobilisation for World War I in August 1914, he became commander of the 3rd Reserve Division from Danzig, and promoted to Generalleutnant on the 19th of that month.

Reisen und Forschungen im Hinterlande 1889 bis 1891, F. A. Brockhaus, 1893, 451 p. [lire en ligne [archive]].

(en) « Kurt von Morgen » [archive], sur La machine prussienne (consulté le 19 août 2015).

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The leaders of Tannenberg on 24 August 1924 in Königsberg ( Prussia )