!!!Wilczek, Hans Johann Nepomuk Graf

b. Vienna, Dec. 7, 1837, 
d. Vienna, Jan. 27, 1922; undertook expeditions; patron of the arts 
and sciences. Equipped the preparatory expedition to the Novaya Zemlya 
Sea in 1872; financially supported the Austro-Hungarian  North Pole 
Expedition and set up the Austrian station on Jan Mayen island in 1882 
using his own funds. 1875 President of the Geographical Society; 
founded the "Vienna Society of Art lovers"; co-founder of the "Vienna 
Voluntary Ambulance" association and the Rudolfinerhaus hospital in 
Vienna (with T.  Billroth). Commissioned the reconstruction of his 
castle  Kreuzenstein in the romantic style. An island in  Franz Josef 
Land, W.-Island, is named after him.

!Works
Ein Eisbaer auf Novaya Zemlya, 1872; H. W. erzaehlt seinen 
Enkeln, 1933.

!Literature
H. Spitaler, Graf J. N. W., 1951.



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