Ignaz Venetz

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birth_date = Birth date|1788|3|21
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death_date = Death date|1859|4|20
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known_for = glaciers
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Ignaz Venetz (1788–1859) was a Swiss engineer, naturalist, and glaciologist.

Venetz was one of the first scientists to recognize glaciers as a major force in shaping the earth. He worked primarily in the Valais canton area of the Alps. In 1821 he completed the first draft of his work "Mémoire sur les Variations de la température dans les Alpes de la Suisse", suggesting that much of Europe had at one point in the past been covered by glaciers. The book was published in 1833 after additional research in the Swiss Alps, [ [http://www.unibe.ch/unipress/heft101/beitrag4.html "Ein „Nationales Forschungsprojekt“ über Klimaänderungen in den Alpen – vor 180 Jahren!"] (A "National Research Project" on climate change in the Alps - 180 years ago). University of Berne, Switzerland). Accessed on March 8, 2008.] seven years before Louis Agassiz published his famous work "Étude sur les glaciers" (Study on Glaciers).

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