Albrecht Penck
Albrecht Penck
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a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck
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Born
25 September 1858 Reudnitz, Saxony
Died
7 March 1945 (aged 86) Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany
Nationality
German
Fields
Geomorphology, Quaternary geology, Climatology, Political Geography
Alma mater
University of Leipzig
Awards
Charles P. Daly Medal (1914) Vega Medal (1923)
Institutions
University of Vienna Harvard University Humboldt University
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Ferdinand Zirkel
Doctoral students
Jovan Cvijić, Johann Sölch, Eduard Brückner, Alfred Merz, Naomasa Yamasaki
era
1800+
Influenced
Julius Büdel Jovan Cvijić Walther Penck
Influences
Eduard Suess Walther Penck