Friedrich Ritter (physician)

Not to be confused with Friedrich Ritter, a German botanist.
Friedrich Ritter
Born
Friedrich Ritter

circa 1886
Wollbach, Germany
Died1934(1934-00-00) (aged 47–48)
Floreana Island, Ecuador
OccupationsDoctor and Philosopher
Known forThe Galapagos Affair
PartnerDore Strauch

Dr. Friedrich Ritter was a German physician and a self-professed philosopher and theosophist. In 1929, seeking a utopian "Robinson Crusoe" life away from civilisation, he moved to the uninhabited Floreana Island in the Galapagos with his companion, Dore Strauch.

He was a key figure in the "Galapagos Affair", a mysterious series of events involving other settlers that included disappearances and deaths.

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