!!!Merz, Alfred

b. Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria, Jan. 24, 1880, 
d. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 16, 1925, oceanographer. Explored 
hydrographical features of the Adriatic and Atlantic; from 1914 
Professor at the University of Berlin, from 1920 director of the 
Institute of Oceanography, Berlin; prepared the expedition of the 
research vessel "Meteor" but fell ill and died during the initial 
stages of the voyage.

!Literature
Oesterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon. Neue Deutsche 
Biographie



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