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Albrecht Penck

January 05, 2023

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

Albrecht Penck
Born25 September 1858 (1858-09-25)
Reudnitz, Saxony
Died7 March 1945(1945-03-07) (aged 86)
Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany
Alma materUniversity 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,[1] Johann Sölch, Eduard Brückner, Alfred Merz, Naomasa Yamasaki
InfluencesEduard Suess[2]
Walther Penck[3]
InfluencedJulius Büdel[4]
Jovan Cvijić[1]
Walther Penck[5]

Biography

Born in Reudnitz near Leipzig, Penck became a university professor in Vienna, Austria, 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. He dedicated himself to geomorphology and climatology, and he raised the international profile of the Vienna school of physical geography.

With Eduard Brückner, he coauthored Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter, a work in which the two scientists identified the four ice ages of the European Pleistocene (Gunz, Mindel, Riss, Würm); these being named after the river valleys that were the first indication of each glaciation.[6]

In 1886, he married the sister of the successful Bavarian regional writer Ludwig Ganghofer. In 1945, Penck died in Prague.[citation needed]

In Vienna, he taught the Polish geographer Eugeniusz Romer and Ukrainian geographer Stepan Rudnytsky, who led the ethnographic efforts at the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920).[7]

Penck arranged for the posthumous publication of his son's work Der Morphologische Analyse in 1924.[8] However he did not take any stance for or against his son's theories on geomorphology.[8]

In 1928, Penck taught as a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley led by Carl O. Sauer.[citation needed]

Albrecht Penck was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905 and awarded the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1914.[9]

Legacy

The glacier of Penckbreen in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard is named after him.[10] Since 1958 the "Albrecht-Penck-Medaille" is awarded by the Deutsche Quartärvereinigung for accomplishments associated with Quaternary science.[11][failed verification]

In memory of Penck, the painter and sculptor Ralf Winkler adopted the nom de plume A. R. Penck in 1966.

Works

Further reading

  • Hanna Bremer: Albrecht Penck (1858–1945) and Walther Penck (1888–1923), two German Geomorphologists. In: Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Vol. 27, 1983, pp. 129–138.
  • Richard J. Chorley, Robert P. Beckinsale & Antony J. Dunn: The History of the Study of Landforms or the Development of Geomorphology, Vol. 2., The Life and Work of William Morris Davis, London 1973.
  • Nicolas Ginsburger: "La guerre, la plus terribles des érosions". Cultures de guerre et géographes universitaires. France, Allemagne, Etats-Unis (1914-1921)" [archive], unpublished PhD, Université de Paris-Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense, 2010, 1682 p.
  • Nicolas Ginsburger: "Der Berliner Geograph Albrecht Penck im Ersten Weltkrieg: Die Mobilmachungen eines Akademikers (1914-1920)". In: Acta Historica Leopoldina,75, 2019, pp. 151–163.
  • Michael Heffernan: Professor Penck's Bluff: Geography, Espionage and Hysteria in World War I. In: Scottish Geographical Journal, Vol. 116, no. 4, 2000, pp. 267–282.
  • Norman Henniges: "Sehen lernen": Die Exkursionen des Wiener Geographischen Instituts und die Formierung der Praxiskultur der geographischen (Feld-)Beobachtung in der Ära Albrecht Penck (1885-1906).] In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 156, Wien 2014, pp. 141–170. (online)
  • Norman Henniges: "Naturgesetze der Kultur“: Die Wiener Geographen und die Ursprünge der „Volks- und Kulturbodentheorie“. In: ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol. 14, 4, 2015, pp. 1309–1351.
  • Norman Henniges: Die Spur des Eises: eine praxeologische Studie über die wissenschaftlichen Anfänge des Geologen und Geographen Albrecht Penck (1858-1945). (= Beiträge zur regionalen Geographie. Vol. 69), Leibniz-Institut f. Länderkunde, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-86082-097-1, 556 p. (online)
  • Norman Henniges: Albrecht Penck. In: Ingo Haar, Michael Fahlbusch (eds.): Handbuch der völkischen Wissenschaften, 2nd ed., Berlin 2017, pp. 570–577.
  • Alexander Pinwinkler: „Hier war die große Kulturgrenze, die die deutschen Soldaten nur zu deutlich fühlten …“ Albrecht Penck (1858–1945) und die deutsche „Volks- und Kulturbodenforschung“. In: Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur. Vol. 55, 2011, pp. 180–191.
  • Ingo Schaefer: Der Weg Albrecht Pencks nach München, zur Geographie und zur alpinen Eiszeitforschung. In: Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft in München. Vol 74, 1989, pp. 5–25.
  • Hans-Dietrich Schultz: „Ein wachsendes Volk braucht Raum.“ Albrecht Penck als politischer Geograph. In: Bernhard Nitz, Hans-Dietrich Schultz, Marlies Schulz (eds.): 1810–2010: 200 Jahre Geographie in Berlin (= Berliner Geographische Arbeiten. Vol. 115). Berlin 2010, pp. 91–135. [2nd ed. 2011, pp. 99–153.]
  • Hans-Dietrich Schultz: Albrecht Penck: Vorbereiter und Wegbereiter der NS-Lebensraumpolitik? In: E&G Quaternary Sci. J., Vol. 66, 2018, pp. 115–129.
  • Steven Seegel: Map Men: Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 2018.

Citations

  1. ^ a b Ford, Derek (2007). "Jovan Cvijić and the founding of karst geomorphology". Environmental Geology. 51 (5): 675–684. doi:10.1007/s00254-006-0379-x. S2CID 129378021.
  2. ^ Chorley et al. 1963
  3. ^ Chorley et al. 2005, p. 589
  4. ^ Migoń, Piotr (2006). "Büdel, J. 1982: Climatic geomorphology. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (Translation of Klima-geomorphologie, Berlin-Stuttgart: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1977.)". Progress in Physical Geography. 30 (1): 99–103. doi:10.1191/0309133306pp473xx. S2CID 129512489.
  5. ^ Chorley et al. 2005, p. 614
  6. ^ A to Z of Marine Scientists by Barbara Charton
  7. ^ "Remapping the Geo-Body: Transnational Dimensions of Stepan Rudnyts´kyi and His Contemporaries". Harvard Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  8. ^ a b Bremer, Hanna (1983). "Albrecht Penck (1858-1945) and Walther Penck (1888-1923), two German geomorphologists". Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. 27 (2): 129–138. Bibcode:1983ZGm....27..129B. doi:10.1127/zfg/27/1983/129.
  9. ^ (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  10. ^ . Norwegian Polar Institute. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  11. ^ Penck, Friedrich Karl Albrecht Deutsche Biographie
  12. ^ Google Books Atlas der Österreichischen Alpenseen
  13. ^ Great maps. [S.l.]: Dk Publishing. 2014. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-4654-2463-1.

References

  • Chorley, Richard J. (1963), "Diastrophic Background to Twentieth-Century Geomorphological Thought", Geological Society of America Bulletin, 74 (8): 953–970, Bibcode:1963GSAB...74..953C, doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[953:dbttgt]2.0.co;2
  • Chorley, Richard J.; Beckinsale, Robert P.; Dunn, Antony J. (2005) [1973]. "Chapter Twenty-Two". The History of the Study of Landforms. Vol. Two. Taylor & Francis e-Library.

External links

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Albrecht Penck 25 September 1858 7 March 1945 was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck Albrecht PenckBorn25 September 1858 1858 09 25 Reudnitz SaxonyDied7 March 1945 1945 03 07 aged 86 Prague Bohemia and Moravia Nazi GermanyAlma materUniversity of LeipzigAwardsCharles P Daly Medal 1914 Vega Medal 1923 Scientific careerFieldsGeomorphology Quaternary geology climatology political geographyInstitutionsUniversity of ViennaHarvard UniversityHumboldt UniversityDoctoral advisorFerdinand ZirkelDoctoral studentsJovan Cvijic 1 Johann Solch Eduard Bruckner Alfred Merz Naomasa YamasakiInfluencesEduard Suess 2 Walther Penck 3 InfluencedJulius Budel 4 Jovan Cvijic 1 Walther Penck 5 Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 Works 4 Further reading 5 Citations 6 References 7 External linksBiography EditBorn in Reudnitz near Leipzig Penck became a university professor in Vienna Austria 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 He dedicated himself to geomorphology and climatology and he raised the international profile of the Vienna school of physical geography With Eduard Bruckner he coauthored Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter a work in which the two scientists identified the four ice ages of the European Pleistocene Gunz Mindel Riss Wurm these being named after the river valleys that were the first indication of each glaciation 6 In 1886 he married the sister of the successful Bavarian regional writer Ludwig Ganghofer In 1945 Penck died in Prague citation needed In Vienna he taught the Polish geographer Eugeniusz Romer and Ukrainian geographer Stepan Rudnytsky who led the ethnographic efforts at the Paris Peace Conference 1919 1920 7 Penck arranged for the posthumous publication of his son s work Der Morphologische Analyse in 1924 8 However he did not take any stance for or against his son s theories on geomorphology 8 In 1928 Penck taught as a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley led by Carl O Sauer citation needed Albrecht Penck was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1905 and awarded the Founder s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1914 9 Legacy EditThe glacier of Penckbreen in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen Svalbard is named after him 10 Since 1958 the Albrecht Penck Medaille is awarded by the Deutsche Quartarvereinigung for accomplishments associated with Quaternary science 11 failed verification In memory of Penck the painter and sculptor Ralf Winkler adopted the nom de plume A R Penck in 1966 Works EditMorphologie der Erdoberflache 2 vols 1894 with Eduard Bruckner Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter 3 vols 1909 Die Gipfelflur der Alpen 1919 With geographer Eduard Richter he was editor of the Atlas der Osterreichischen Alpenseen Atlas of the Austrian Alpine Lakes 1895 12 International Map of the World 13 Further reading EditHanna Bremer Albrecht Penck 1858 1945 and Walther Penck 1888 1923 two German Geomorphologists In Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie Vol 27 1983 pp 129 138 Richard J Chorley Robert P Beckinsale amp Antony J Dunn The History of the Study of Landforms or the Development of Geomorphology Vol 2 The Life and Work of William Morris Davis London 1973 Nicolas Ginsburger La guerre la plus terribles des erosions Cultures de guerre et geographes universitaires France Allemagne Etats Unis 1914 1921 archive unpublished PhD Universite de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Defense 2010 1682 p Nicolas Ginsburger Der Berliner Geograph Albrecht Penck im Ersten Weltkrieg Die Mobilmachungen eines Akademikers 1914 1920 In Acta Historica Leopoldina 75 2019 pp 151 163 Michael Heffernan Professor Penck s Bluff Geography Espionage and Hysteria in World War I In Scottish Geographical Journal Vol 116 no 4 2000 pp 267 282 Norman Henniges Sehen lernen Die Exkursionen des Wiener Geographischen Instituts und die Formierung der Praxiskultur der geographischen Feld Beobachtung in der Ara Albrecht Penck 1885 1906 In Mitteilungen der Osterreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft Vol 156 Wien 2014 pp 141 170 online Norman Henniges Naturgesetze der Kultur Die Wiener Geographen und die Ursprunge der Volks und Kulturbodentheorie In ACME An International E Journal for Critical Geographies Vol 14 4 2015 pp 1309 1351 Norman Henniges Die Spur des Eises eine praxeologische Studie uber die wissenschaftlichen Anfange des Geologen und Geographen Albrecht Penck 1858 1945 Beitrage zur regionalen Geographie Vol 69 Leibniz Institut f Landerkunde Leipzig 2017 ISBN 978 3 86082 097 1 556 p online Norman Henniges Albrecht Penck In Ingo Haar Michael Fahlbusch eds Handbuch der volkischen Wissenschaften 2nd ed Berlin 2017 pp 570 577 Alexander Pinwinkler Hier war die grosse Kulturgrenze die die deutschen Soldaten nur zu deutlich fuhlten Albrecht Penck 1858 1945 und die deutsche Volks und Kulturbodenforschung In Osterreich in Geschichte und Literatur Vol 55 2011 pp 180 191 Ingo Schaefer Der Weg Albrecht Pencks nach Munchen zur Geographie und zur alpinen Eiszeitforschung In Mitteilungen der Geographischen Gesellschaft in Munchen Vol 74 1989 pp 5 25 Hans Dietrich Schultz Ein wachsendes Volk braucht Raum Albrecht Penck als politischer Geograph In Bernhard Nitz Hans Dietrich Schultz Marlies Schulz eds 1810 2010 200 Jahre Geographie in Berlin Berliner Geographische Arbeiten Vol 115 Berlin 2010 pp 91 135 2nd ed 2011 pp 99 153 Hans Dietrich Schultz Albrecht Penck Vorbereiter und Wegbereiter der NS Lebensraumpolitik In E amp G Quaternary Sci J Vol 66 2018 pp 115 129 Steven Seegel Map Men Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe University of Chicago Press Chicago 2018 Citations Edit a b Ford Derek 2007 Jovan Cvijic and the founding of karst geomorphology Environmental Geology 51 5 675 684 doi 10 1007 s00254 006 0379 x S2CID 129378021 Chorley et al 1963 Chorley et al 2005 p 589 Migon Piotr 2006 Budel J 1982 Climatic geomorphology Princeton Princeton University Press Translation of Klima geomorphologie Berlin Stuttgart Gebruder Borntraeger 1977 Progress in Physical Geography 30 1 99 103 doi 10 1191 0309133306pp473xx S2CID 129512489 Chorley et al 2005 p 614 A to Z of Marine Scientists by Barbara Charton Remapping the Geo Body Transnational Dimensions of Stepan Rudnyts kyi and His Contemporaries Harvard Ukrainian Studies Retrieved 2022 08 10 a b Bremer Hanna 1983 Albrecht Penck 1858 1945 and Walther Penck 1888 1923 two German geomorphologists Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie 27 2 129 138 Bibcode 1983ZGm 27 129B doi 10 1127 zfg 27 1983 129 List of Past Gold Medal Winners PDF Royal Geographical Society Archived from the original PDF on 27 September 2011 Retrieved 24 August 2015 Penckbreen Svalbard Norwegian Polar Institute Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 4 March 2015 Penck Friedrich Karl Albrecht Deutsche Biographie Google Books Atlas der Osterreichischen Alpenseen Great maps S l Dk Publishing 2014 p 212 ISBN 978 1 4654 2463 1 References EditChorley Richard J 1963 Diastrophic Background to Twentieth Century Geomorphological Thought Geological Society of America Bulletin 74 8 953 970 Bibcode 1963GSAB 74 953C doi 10 1130 0016 7606 1963 74 953 dbttgt 2 0 co 2 Chorley Richard J Beckinsale Robert P Dunn Antony J 2005 1973 Chapter Twenty Two The History of the Study of Landforms Vol Two Taylor amp Francis e Library External links EditNewspaper clippings about Albrecht Penck in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albrecht Penck amp oldid 1129670535, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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