Albrecht Penck (September 25, 1858 - March 7, 1945), was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck. September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... March 7 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of the physical environment and human habitat. ... A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology. ... Walther Penck (August 30, 1888 - September 29, 1923) Born in Vienna as son of Albrecht 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 und climatology and raised the international profile of the Vienna School of physisal 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. Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... University of Vienna, main building, seen from Beethovens apartment The University of Vienna (German: Universität Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Humboldt State University, located in Arcata, California Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (German Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) is the successor to Berlins oldest university, the Friedrich Wilhelm University (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), founded in 1810 by the liberal Prussian educational reformer... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Surface of the Earth Geomorphology is the study landforms, including their origin and evolution, and the processes that shape them. ... Climatology is the science that studies climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. ... With an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Works

• Morphologie der Erdoberfläche; 2 vols, 1894
• (with E. Brückner) Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter; 3 vols, 1909