Lenz, Oskar, 1848-1925

LC control no.	no2020036811
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Personal name heading	Lenz, Oskar, 1848-1925 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lenz, Heinrich Oskar, 1848-1925 Lenz, Hermann Heinrich Oskar, 1848-1925 Lenz, Oscar, 1848-1925
Associated place	Gabon Tombouctou (Mali) Africa, Central Sahara Congo River Valley
Located	Vienna (Austria) Prague (Czech Republic)
Birth date	1848-04-13
Death date	1925-03-02
Place of birth	Leipzig (Germany)
Place of death	Baden (Austria : Politischer Bezirk) Sooss (Austria)
Field of activity	Geology Mineralogy Geography Scientific expeditions Ethnology College teaching Universities and colleges--Administration
Affiliation	Universität Leipzig (1409-1953) Geologische Reichsanstalt (Austria) Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung Aequatorial-Afrika's Kaiserlich-Königliche Geographische Gesellschaft (Austria) Deutsche Universität in Prag
Profession or occupation	Geologists Mineralogists Geographers Explorers Ethnologists College teachers College administrators
Found in	Lenz, Oskar. "Specielle Darstellung der geologischen Verhältnisse Ostgrönlands," in Deutsche Nordpolar-Expedition (2nd : 1869-1870). Die Zweite Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt in den Jahren 1869 und 1870 unter Führung des Kapitän Karl Koldewey, 1873-1874, v. 2, pages 481-496: page 481 (in caption: Bearbeitet von Oskar Lenz in Wien) Vávra. "Lenz, Oskar (1848-1925), Geograph, Geologe und Ethnograph," in Österreichisches biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950, Bd. 5 (Lfg. 22, 1970), accessed online March 9, 2020: page 140 (Lenz, Oskar (1848-1925), geographer, geologist and ethnographer; born Leipzig, 13. 4. 1848; died Soos (Lower Austria), 2. 3. 1925; studied at Universität Leipzig, Dr. phil. 1870; from 1872 active as geologist at the Geolog. Reichsanstalt in Vienna; 1874-1877, took part in scientific expedition in Gabon for the German-African Society, then in 1879-1881, in an expedition from Tangier across the Atlas Mountains through the Sahara and Sudan, also visiting Timbuctoo; headed the Austrian Congo expedition in 1885-1887, crossing Africa from West to East; in 1887, appointed professor of geography at the German University of Prague; 1892/1893, dean; 1902/1903 rector; retired 1909) Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), accessed online March 9, 2020: Bd. 2, page 450 (Lenz, Oskar, Hofrat, Dr. phil., university professor (retired); born 13 April 1848, Leipzig; lives in Baden-Sooss, near Vienna) German Wikipedia, March 9, 2020 (Oskar Lenz (also Heinrich Oskar Lenz) (born 13 April 1848 in Leipzig; died 2 March 1925 in Sooss); German-Austrian explorer of Africa, mineralogist and geologist) Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, March 9, 2020 (Lenz, Oskar; gender: male; other names: Lenz, Hermann-Heinrich-Oscar; Lenz, Hermann-Heinrich-Oskar; Lenz, Oscar; Lenz, Hermann Heinrich Oscar; Lenz, Hermann Heinrich Oskar; Lenz, Heinrich Oskar; Lenz, Heinrich Oscar; life dates: 1848-1925; born: Leipzig; died: Sooss near Baden (Lower Austria); occupations: geologist, geographer, explorer) <http://d-nb.info/gnd/116917180>
Associated language	ger