Erich Przybyllok Explained

Erich Przybyllok (30 June 1880 – 11 September 1954)[1] was a German astronomer and physicist, who was a member of the scientific staff on Wilhelm Filchner's Second German Antarctic Expedition, 1911–13.[2] After studies at Freiburg and receiving his doctorate in 1904, Przybyllock worked as a researcher at various observatories before joining Filchner's expedition. In 1921, after the First World War, he was appointed professor of astronomy at the University of Königsberg, holding the post until the university was destroyed by bombing in 1944. Afterwards he retired to Cologne.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Walther Killy. Rudolf Vierhaus. Dictionary of German Biography, Volume 8. K.G. Saur. Munich. 2005. 90. 3-598-23298-5.
  2. Hornik. Helmut. Lüdecke. Cornelia. Cornelia Lüdecke. Wilhelm Filchner and Antarctica. 1st SCAR Workshop on the History of Antarctic Research, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 2–3 June 2005. 57. 28 September 2019. 1 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201101074121/https://www.scar.org/library/science-4/social-sciences/history/3552-proceedings-of-the-1st-scar-workshop-on-the-history-of-antarctic-research/file/. dead.

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