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Anton Melik (January 1, 1890 – June 8, 1966) was a Slovene geographer. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-BÃ©del Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... A geographer is a crazy psycho whose area of study is geocrap, the pseudoscientific study of Earths physical environment and human habitat and the study of boring students to death. ...

Melik was born in a village Črna vas ("Black Village"), south of Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary, (today Slovenia). Before and during World War I, he studied at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1916 in history and geography. Later on he was employed as a gymnasium professor. In 1926/1927 he became a senior university teacher at the Philosophical Faculty (PF) in Ljubljana, in 1932 a senior lecturer, and soon after in 1938 a professor. File links The following pages link to this file: Anton Melik ... File links The following pages link to this file: Anton Melik ... Tromostovje (Tromostovje) and Franciscan church (FranÄiÅ¡kanska cerkev) in baroque style in the back Ljubljana (IPA ), German Laibach (), Italian Lubiana () is the capital of Slovenia, situated on the outfall of the river Ljubljanica into the Sava, in central Slovenia, between the Alps and the Mediterranean. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Combatants Entente Powers Central Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties > 5 million military deaths > 3 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars, was a world... University of Vienna, main building, seen from Beethovens apartment The University of Vienna (German: UniversitÃ¤t Wien) in Austria was founded in 1365 by Rudolph IV and hence named Alma mater Rudolphina. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... HIStory: Past, Present And Future - Book 1 was a double-disc album by Michael Jackson released in 1995. ... A gymnasium is a type of school of secondary education in parts of Europe. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1927 he got his doctorate at PF with a dissertation Kolonizacija Ljubljanskega barja (The colonization of the Ljubljana Moor). Between 1938 and 1966 he was a professor of geomorphology at the Department of Geography at the University of Ljubljana, succeeding there alone professor Artur Gavazzi in 1938. With his work in this field he has established his known geomorphological school. Bog detail LÃ¼tt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg, northern Germany. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-BÃ©del Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Surface of the Earth Geomorphology is the study of landforms, including their origin and evolution, and the processes that shape them. ... The University of Ljubljana (in Slovenian, Univerza v Ljubljani; in Latin, Universitas Labacensis) is the first and the largest university in Slovenia; with 56,000 enrolled students it is also amongst the largest universities in the world. ... Artur Gavazzi (October 14, 1861 - March 12, 1944) was a Croatian geographer. ...

In 1935/1936 he published his monumental monograph Geografija Slovenije (The Geography of Slovenia), (Slovenska matica) in 2 books with a general regional part, later extended with 4 more books between 1954 and 1960, with a detailed regional description of a particular tracts of a Slovene land: the Alpine world, (Lower) Styria with Prekmurje and the Mežica valley, Posavje region and finally the (Slovene) Littoral (Primorje) (the maritime province). 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The West face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ... Styria (Å tajerska in Slovenian) is an informal province (pokrajina) in northeast Slovenia, known for its white wine. ... Prekmurje (or Transmuraland) is the easternmost region of Slovenia. ... A littoral is the region near the shoreline of a body of fresh or salt water. ...

In 1946 the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) founded a geographical institute, which carries his name since 1976. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts or SASA (Slovenian Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, SAZU) is a national academy of Slovenia, founded in 1938. ... The Geographical institute was founded in 1946 by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and in 1976 it was named after the greatest Slovenian geographer, academician Anton Melik (1890-1966), who was the first head of the Institute. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Between 1947 and 1960, he was a head of the Department of the geography at PF. Between 1948 and 1966, he was a head of the Geographical institute at Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts. Between 1946/1947 and 1949/1950, he was a principal of the University of Ljubljana, twice a dean of PF in 1940/1941 and 1945/1946. He retired in 1966. He died in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (today Slovenia). 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-BÃ©del Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Geographical institute was founded in 1946 by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and in 1976 it was named after the greatest Slovenian geographer, academician Anton Melik (1890-1966), who was the first head of the Institute. ... Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts or SASA (Slovenian Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, SAZU) is a national academy of Slovenia, founded in 1938. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-BÃ©del Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic ÐˆÑƒÐ³Ð¾ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ñ˜Ð°) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

His students knew him to be a very severe professor and they were also afterwards.

His two brothers Franc (born 1885) and Ivan (born 1894) were murdered in Kozlerjeva gošča (The Kozler's grounds) on November 25, 1943 together with 12 victims by the members of Slovene home guard under the command of Franc Frakelj. 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Peter Kozler (February 16, 1824 - April 16, 1879) was a Slovene lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician and manufacturer, born in Koče, south of Kočevje, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia). ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Franc Frakelj (his real name Peter Skalar) was a member of collaborational Slovene home guard (after the Italian fascist capitulation in 1943) and a member of a secret murderous war organization Črna roka (Black Hand) who cruelly killed (as he said in the name of God) over 60 people during...

For his work on geography of Slovenia and Yugoslavia he received the Prešeren Award in 1947, 1949 and 1951. His only son Vasilij is acknowledged historian. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic ÐˆÑƒÐ³Ð¾ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ñ˜Ð°) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ...

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Categories: 1890 births | 1966 deaths | Geographers William Morris Davis (February 12, 1850 - February 5, 1934) was an American geographer, geologist and meteorologist, often called the father of American geography. He was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, son of Edward M. Davis and Maria Mott Davis (a daughter of the womens advocate Lucretia... The system of Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, and was adapted from Etruscan numerals. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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