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Max Kämper

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Max Kämper

Max Kämper (born December 16, 1879 in Jüterbog, † November 10, 1916 at Sailly-Saillisel) was a German mining engineer.

His 1908 survey and map of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, assisted by cave guide Ed Bishop, represent the first accurate instrumental survey of portions of the cave system. Kämper arrived at Mammoth Cave in 1908 and left 8 months later in 1909.[1]

Kämper was killed in trench warfare at the Somme River in north-eastern France, on November 10, 1916, during the closing days of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in the War Cemetery of Cambrai near Arras, France.

References

  1. ^ "The German". National Park Service. NPS. Retrieved January 30, 2016.