GEOLOGIST

Walther Penck

1888 - 1923

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Walther Penck (30 August 1888 – 29 September 1923) was a geologist and geomorphologist known for his theories on landscape evolution. Penck is noted for criticizing key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and denudation occur simultaneously, at gradual and continuous rates. Penck's idea of parallel slope retreat led to revisions of Davis's cycle of erosion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Penck is the 80th most popular geologist (up from 84th in 2019), the 1,037th most popular biography from Austria (up from 1,050th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Walther Penck ranks 80 out of 90. Before him are Joseph Thomson, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Jens Esmark, David A. Johnston, Anna Missuna, and Ivan Gubkin. After him are John Bell Hatcher, Robert Jameson, Daniel Barringer, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Michael E. Mann, and Henry De la Beche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther Penck ranks 253. Before him are Jacques de Lacretelle, Eduard Bass, Karl Gustafsson, Jack Holt, Hubert Wilkins, and Jan Palouš. After him are Curt Goetz, Victor Schertzinger, William Hood Simpson, Lucien Hubbard, Joyce Cary, and Florence La Badie. Among people deceased in 1923, Walther Penck ranks 117. Before him are Duncan Stewart, Fidel Pagés, Joseph DeCamp, Ivan Tavčar, Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, and Charles Kent. After him are Martha Mansfield, William R. Day, and Flora Murray.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 1,037 out of 1,424. Before him are Heidi Schmid (1938), Marcel Hirscher (1989), Anderl Molterer (1931), Amalie Materna (1844), Christoph Ransmayr (1954), and Adalbert Püllöck (1907). After him are Kurt Oppelt (1932), József Moravetz (1911), István Klimek (1913), Andreas Maislinger (1955), Andreas Goldberger (1972), and Alfred Schmalzer (1912).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Austria

Among geologists born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 2. Before him are Milutin Milanković (1879).

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