- Miklós Kretzoi
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Miklós Kretzoi Born 9 February 1907
Budapest, Austro-Hungarian EmpireDied 15 March 2005 Citizenship Hungary Fields geology, paleontology Alma mater Pázmány Péter University, University of Pécs Known for paleoanthropology Notable awards Széchenyi Prize Miklós Kretzoi (born 9 February 1907 in Budapest, Hungary- died 15 March 2005) was a Hungarian geologist, paleontologist and paleoanthropologist[1][2] and Széchenyi Prize winner.[3]
Kretzoi studied Arts and natural sciences at the then Pázmány Péter University, Budapest from 1925 to 1929.[1] While still a student, he worked as a volunteer at the Geological Institute of Hungary.[1] In 1930 he gained a PhD in Palaeontology, Geology and Geography from the University of Pécs.[3] In 1933 he commenced work with the "Hungarian-American Oil Inc" as a geologist and geophysicist. He remained at Hungarian-American Oil until the outbreak of the Second World War.[1] Kretzoi moved to the National Museum of Hungary where he was curator of the Mineralogy and Paleontology departments until he began work at Geological Institute of Hungary in 1950.[1] Kretzoi was the director of the Geological Institute of Hungary from 1956 to 1958.[4] From the mid 1960s he led the "digs" at Rudabánya where a number of Anthropoid fossil remains were discovered.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Begun, David (2005). "Miklo´s Kretzoi, 1907–2005". University of Toronto. http://anthropology.utoronto.ca/Faculty/Begun/kretzoi.pdf. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Elhunyt Kretzoi Miklós geológus" (in Hungarian). 17 March 2005. http://www.origo.hu/itthon/20050317elhunyt.html. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Rudabánya and the Early Phase of Hominisation". 9 February 2004. http://www.ace.hu/rudi/ruden.html. Retrieved 16 March 2010.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "The short history of the Institute". http://www.mafi.hu/mafi/en/node/379. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
Categories:- 2005 deaths
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- Hungarian geologists
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