Residence Germany Fields Geography, Oceanography Alma mater University of Vienna | Name Alfred Merz Nationality Austria Notable students Georg Wust | |
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Born 24 January 1880
Perchtoldsdorf, Niederosterreich, Austria ( 1880-01-24 ) Institutions Institute of Marine Science, Berlin Died August 16, 1925, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
Alfred Merz (24 January 1880 in Perchtoldsdorf, Niederösterreich – 16 August 1925 in Buenos Aires) 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.
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