Albrecht Penck
| Albrecht Penck | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
25 September 1858 Reudnitz, Saxony |
| Died | March 7, 1945 (aged 86) |
| Residence | Austria-Hungary |
| Fields | Geomorphology, Quaternary science, Climatology |
| Institutions |
University of Vienna Harvard University Humboldt University |
| Alma mater |
University of Leipzig University of Vienna |
| Doctoral advisor | Eduard Suess |
| Influences |
Eduard Suess[1] Walther Penck[2] |
| Influenced | Walther Penck[3] |
| Notable awards |
Charles P. Daly Medal (1914) Vega Medal (1923) |
Albrecht Penck (September 25, 1858 – March 7, 1945), was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck.
Born in Reudnitz near Leipzig, Penck became a university professor in Vienna from 1885 to 1906, and in Berlin from 1906 to 1927. There he was also the director of the Institute and Museum for Oceanography by 1918. Penck dedicated himself to geomorphology and climatology and raised the international profile of the Vienna School of physical geography. In 1945, Penck died in Prague. Since 1886, he was married to the sister of the successful Bavarian regional writer Ludwig Ganghofer. In memory of Penck, the painter and sculptor Ralf Winkler adopted the nom de plume A. R. Penck in 1966.
Albrecht Penck was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905.
Legacy
The glacier of Penckbreen in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard is named after him.[4]
Works
- Morphologie der Erdoberfläche; 2 vols, 1894
- (with Eduard Bruckner) Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter; 3 vols, 1909
Further reading
- Schultz, H.-D.: "Ein wachsendes Volk braucht Raum." Albrecht Penck als politischer Geograph. In: Nitz, B.; Schultz, H.-D.; Schulz, M. (Hrsg.): 1810 – 2010: 200 Jahre Geographie in Berlin (= Berliner Geographische Arbeiten 115). Berlin 2010, S. 91-135 [2. verb. u. erw. Aufl. 2011, S. 99-153]
Citations
- ↑ Chorley et al. 1963
- ↑ Chorley et al. 2005, p. 589
- ↑ Chorley et al. 2005, p. 614
- ↑ "Penckbreen (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
References
- Chorley, Richard J. (1963), "Diastrophic Background to Twentieth-Century Geomorphological Thought", Geological Society of America Bulletin 74 (8): 953–970, doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[953:dbttgt]2.0.co;2
- Chorley, Richard J.; Beckinsale, Robert P.; Dunn, Antony J. (2005) [1973]. "Chapter Twenty-Two". The History of the Study of Landforms. Volume Two. Taylor & Francis e-Library.
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