Albrecht Penck
Albrecht Penck (25 September 1858 – 7 March 1945) was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck.
Albrecht Penck | |
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Penck in 1911 | |
| Born | 25 September 1858 Reudnitz, Kingdom of Saxony |
| Died | 7 March 1945 (aged 86) Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany |
| 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, Johann Sölch, Eduard Brückner, Alfred Merz, Naomasa Yamasaki |
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