Eduard Richter
Eduard Richter (3 October 1847, Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge – 6 February 1905, Graz) was an Austrian geographer and glaciologist.
Biography
[edit]He studied history and geography at the University of Vienna, where his instructors included Theodor von Sickel and Friedrich Simony. From 1871 to 1886 he was a gymnasium teacher in Salzburg, and in 1886 became a professor of geography at the University of Graz. In 1895 he traveled to Norway in order to conduct glaciological studies.[1]
From 1883 to 1885 he served as central committee president of the "German and Austrian Alpine Club" (DÖAV), and in 1898-1900 was president of the International Glacier Commission.[2] In August 1871, with Alpinist Johann Stüdl, he was the first to ascend to the summit of the Schlieferspitze (3289 m).[3]
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He is best remembered for his glaciological and limnological research of the eastern Alpine region. Among his numerous writings were an 1888 survey of 1012 glaciers found in the eastern Alps and a 1900 geomorphological study of the High Alps.[4] With Albrecht Penck, he was editor of Atlas der Österreichischen Alpenseen (Atlas of the Austrian Alpine lakes, 1895).[5]
Selected works
[edit]- Der Krieg in Tirol im Jahre 1809, (1875) – The war in Tirol in 1809.
- Das Herzogthum Salzburg, 1881 – The Duchy of Salzburg.
- Die Gletscher der Ostalpen, 1888 – Glaciers of the eastern Alps.
- Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, 1893-94 (editor) – The development of the eastern Alps.
- Seestudien. Erläuterungen zur zweiten Lieferung des Atlas der österreichischen Alpenseen, 1896 – Lake studies, notes to the second installment for the Atlas of the Austrian Alpine lakes.
- Geomorphologische Untersuchungen in den Hochalpen, 1900 – Geomorphological investigations of the High Alps.
- Historischer Atlas der österreichischen Alpenländer, 1906 (editor) – Historical atlas of the Austrian Alps.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Richter, Eduard Johann Deutsche Biographie
- ^ Plett - Schmidseder edited by Walther Killy
- ^ Venedigergruppe: e. Führer für Täler, Hütten u. Berge by Willi End, Hubert Peterka
- ^ The History of the Study of Landforms: Quaternary and recent processes by Richard J. Chorley, Robert Percy Beckinsale
- ^ Google Books Atlas der Österreichischen Alpenseen
- ^ Most widely held works about Eduard Richter WorldCat Identities
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