Morton, Friedrich#
b. Gorizia, Italy (then Goerz), Nov. 1, 1890, d. Hallstatt (Upper Austria), July 10, 1969, spelaeologist and author of travel books. Financed and founded the Botanical Station in Hallstatt and was director of the Hallstatt Museum from 1925. Under his direction a major burial site of the Hallstatt culture was unearthed in 1937-1940. Headed the exploration of the Dachstein caves.
Publications#
Hoehlenpflanzen, 1925 (with H. Gams); Leute zw. Berg und See, 1930; Vorarbeiten zu einer Pflanzengeographie des Salzkammergutes, 1947-1968; Urwald, 1948; Im Schatten der Anden, 1949; Xelahuh, 1950; Tierra, Tierra, 1957; Der urzeitl. Salzbergbau in Hallstatt, 1963; Hallstatt, 101967.