Hans Kinzl (1899–1979) was an Austrian

geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...

and

mountain research Mountain research or '' montology'', traditionally also known as ''orology'' (from Greek ''oros'' ὄρος for 'mountain' and ''logos'' λόγος), is a field of research that regionally concentrates on the Earth's surface's part covered by m ...

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Life

Hans Kinzl was born in

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...

in 1899. After his studies of geography at the University of Innsbruck he became assistant of his mentor Johann Sölch—disciple of

Albrecht Penck Albrecht Penck (25 September 1858 – 7 March 1945) was a German geographer and geologist and the father of Walther Penck. Biography Born in Reudnitz near Leipzig, Penck became a university professor in Vienna, Austria, from 1885 to 1906, ...

—in Innsbruck. He then followed Sölch—who succeeded

Alfred Hettner Alfred Hettner (August 6, 1859 in Dresden – August 31, 1941 in Heidelberg) was a German geographer. He is known for his concept of chorology, the study of places and regions, a concept that influenced both Carl O. Sauer and Richard Hartsho ...

in Heidelberg—but returned to the University of Innsbruck where he became a professor of geography.Penz, Hugo (1997): ''Hans Kinzl (1898-1979) und das Institut für Geographie der Universität Innsbruck. Gedanken und Erinnerungen zu seinem hundertsten Geburtstag''. Innsbrucker Jahresbericht 14, pp. 5–29
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Research

Apart from the European Alps, his focus was on the Peruvian Andes where he conducted glaciological,

geomorphological Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...

agricultural Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...

and population research. Hans Kinzl is best known for his 1930's maps of the

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

mountain range located in Peru. He later became the head of the Geographical Department of the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

References

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