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Hans Bobek

Austrian geographer (1903-1990) · Austria · Academics · Died at 86

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Hans Bobek was an Austrian geographer. After his studies in geography at the University of Innsbruck, where Johann Sölch - a pupil of Albrecht Penck in Vienna - was his main teacher, he became professor of geography at the University of Vienna (1951-1971).

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Awards

Carl-Ritter-Medal1956

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Hans Bobek was an Austrian geographer. After his studies in geography at the University of Innsbruck, where Johann Sölch - a pupil of Albrecht Penck in Vienna - was his main teacher, he became professor of geography at the University of Vienna (1951-1971). Bobek is noted for his works on cultural and social geography, urban geography as well as on the regional geography of the Near and Middle East, then primarily known as the "Orient". He was, among others, the author of Iran: Probleme eines unterentwickelten Landes alter Kultur. His theory about rural and urban interactions was called Rentenkapitalismus; another important output was the theory of cultural steps (Kulturstufentheorie).

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Country
Austria
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1990 · aged 86

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