Brückner, Eduard#
b. Jena (Germany), July 29, 1862, d. Vienna, May 20, 1927, geographer and glaciologist. University professor in Vienna 1906-1927, research into glaciers, ice ages and climatology. Proved the existence of a climatic period lasting for 35 years, the "Brueckner period".
Work: Die Alpen im Eiszeitalter, 3 vols., 1909 (with A. Penck).