Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (also Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Baron Nopcsa, Ferenc Nopcsa, báró felsőszilvási Nopcsa Ferenc, Baron Franz Nopcsa, and Franz Baron Nopcsa; May 3, 1877 – April 25, 1933) was a Hungarian aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, geologist, paleontologist and albanologist. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of paleobiology, and first described the theory of insular dwarfism. He was also a specialist on Albanian studies and completed the first geological map of northern Albania.


Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás
Ferenc Nopcsa
Baron Nopcsa in Albanian uniform, 1915
BornMay 3, 1877
DiedApril 25, 1933(1933-04-25) (aged 55)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityHungarian
CitizenshipHungary
Alma materUniversity of Vienna (PhD)
Known forAlbanology, paleobiology, geology, ethnology
PartnerBajazid Elmaz Doda
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Paleontology
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