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    Albrecht Penck (25 September 1858 – 7 March 1945) was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck. Born in Reudnitz near Leipzig...
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  • The Albrecht-Penck-Medaille is a scientific award of the Deutsche Quartärvereinigung (German Quaternary Union), given to an individual who made outstanding...
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  • erosion. Walther Penck was born in Vienna as the son of German geographer Albrecht Penck. He obtained a PhD by studying petrology at the Heidelberg University...
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  • Penck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. R. Penck (1939–2017), German painter, sculptor and printmaker Albrecht Penck (1858–1945)...
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  • the south. Named coastal features include Tripp Bay, Tripp Island, Albrecht Penck Glacier, Depot Island, Cape Ross, Gregory Island and Cape Archer. 76°37′S...
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    internationally agreed standards. It was first proposed by the German geographer Albrecht Penck in 1891. The Central Bureau of the Map of the World was established...
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    Artists, now under the artistic pseudonym A. R. Penck. which was chosen after the geologist Albrecht Penck. Since 1969, he had increasingly problems with...
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    July plot) Albrecht Müller, (1939–2018), German sprint canoer and rower Albrecht Penck, (1858–1945), German geographer and geologist Albrecht Pfister, (c...
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  • (1865–1949) was his supervisor. Haushofer then worked as an assistant for Albrecht Penck. A fellow student in geopolitics was Rudolf Hess, a very early follower...
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    coincides with the Saale glaciation of North Germany. The name goes back to Albrecht Penck and Eduard Brückner who named this cold period after the river Riss...
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