William Sachtleben
William Sachtleben | |
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William Sachtleben at the Tower of the Winds in Athens (1891) | |
| Born | March 29, 1866 |
| Died | December 13, 1953 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, lecturer and cyclist |
William Lewis Sachtleben (March 29, 1866 – December 13, 1953) was a 19th-century American journalist and lecturer who was one of the early globe-circling bicyclists, at one time holding a world record for long-distance bicycling.
He was a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. His attempt in 1895 to rescue, recover, and achieve justice for fellow cyclist Frank Lenz, who had disappeared in Turkey (then in the Ottoman Empire) at the time of the Hamidian Massacres, was seen as akin to the earlier search for David Livingstone in Africa. He later went on to explore for fortune and entered the business world.