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Austrian geographer and oceanographer (1880–1925)
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Alfred Merz
Born(1880-01-24)24 January 1880
Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Died16 August 1925(1925-08-16) (aged 45)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Scientific career
FieldsGeography, oceanography
InstitutionsInstitute of Marine Science, Berlin
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Alfred Merz (24 January 1880 – 16 August 1925) was an Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berlin. He died of pneumonia in Buenos Aires while on an expedition to survey the South Atlantic and is buried in Perchtoldsdorf. Merz Peninsula is named after him.

Literary works

  • Hydrographische Untersuchungen im Golf von Triest, 1911
  • Die Oberflächentemperatur der Gewässer, 1920
  • Die atlantische Vertikalzirkulation, 1922-1933 (with Georg Wüst)

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References

  1. "Geschichte der ersten Meteor" [History of the first Meteor]. www.bsh.de (in German). Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (German Maritime and Hydrographic Agency). 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 6 April 2013. shortend version from: Fritz Nieder, Willy Schroeder: Seevermessung - 25 Jahre im Deutschen Hydrographischen Institut (1945-1970), DHI, Hamburg 1971
  2. Great People of Perchtoldsdorf Verified 2011-01-24.

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