Max Kämper was a German citizen and engineer.

His 1908 survey and map of Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System for the ridge under which the cave has formed. The park was established...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

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 represent the first accurate instrumental survey of portions of the cave system. Kaemper arrived at the cave in January 1908.

Kämper was killed in trench warfare at the Somme River

Somme River

The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France. The name Somme comes from a Celtic word meaning tranquility. The department Somme was named after this river....

 in north-eastern France

France

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, on November 10, 1916, during the closing days of the Battle of the Somme. He is buried in the War Cemetery of Cambrai

Cambrai

Cambrai is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Cambrai is the seat of an archdiocese whose jurisdiction was immense during the Middle Ages. The territory of the Bishopric of Cambrai, roughly coinciding with the shire of Brabant, included...

 near Arras, France

France

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External links

• Max Kämper and the Mammoth Cave Connection – (English and German) describes the search for and discovery of Max Kaemper's identity.
• Max Kämper's genealogy - With pictures and soundtracks about his story as well as his genealogy (English and German)