Alfred Merz

Alfred Merz
Born(1880-01-24)24 January 1880
Died16 August 1925(1925-08-16) (aged 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Scientific career
FieldsGeography, oceanography
InstitutionsInstitute of Marine Science, Berlin
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Alfred Merz (24 January 1880 16 August 1925) was an Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berlin. He died of pneumonia in Buenos Aires while on an expedition to survey the South Atlantic and is buried in Perchtoldsdorf. Merz Peninsula is named after him.