Albrecht Penck

Albrecht Penck
Penck in 1911
Born25 September 1858 (1858-09-25)
Reudnitz, Kingdom of Saxony
Died7 March 1945(1945-03-07) (aged 86)
Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany
EducationUniversity of Leipzig
AwardsCharles P. Daly Medal (1914)
Vega Medal (1923)
Scientific career
FieldsGeomorphology, Quaternary geology, climatology, political geography
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna
Harvard University
Humboldt University
Doctoral advisorFerdinand Zirkel
Doctoral studentsJovan Cvijić, Johann Sölch, Eduard Brückner, Alfred Merz, Naomasa Yamasaki

Albrecht Penck (25 September 1858 – 7 March 1945) was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck.

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