Walther Penck
Deceased Person
1888 – 1923
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Who was Walther Penck?
Walther Penck was an Austrian geographer, born in Vienna as the son of geographer Albrecht Penck.
Walther Penck worked 1912–1914 in Argentina as a geographer, and is best known for his contributions to the field of geomorphology. In particular, he opposed key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and denudation occur simultaneously, at a gradual and continuous rate. His book, Morphological Analysis of Landforms, was published posthumously in 1924 by his father.
He died in Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1888
Vienna - Also known as
- 瓦尔特·彭克
- Пенк, Вальтер
- Parents
- Nationality
- Germany
- Austria
- Died
- Sep 29, 1923
Stuttgart
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on July 23, 2013
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