Albrecht Penck
German geologist and geographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albrecht Penck (25 September 1858 – 7 March 1945) was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck.
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Albrecht Penck | |
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Born | 25 September 1858 (1858-09-25) |
Died | 7 March 1945(1945-03-07) (aged 86) |
Education | University of Leipzig |
Awards | Charles P. Daly Medal (1914) Vega Medal (1923) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geomorphology, Quaternary geology, climatology, political geography |
Institutions | University of Vienna Harvard University Humboldt University |
Doctoral advisor | Ferdinand Zirkel |
Doctoral students | Jovan Cvijić,[1] Johann Sölch, Eduard Brückner, Alfred Merz, Naomasa Yamasaki |
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