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Julius von Payer
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Austrian mountain climber, painter, arctic explorer and nobleman (1841-1915)
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Julius von Payer was a male explorer, painter, cartographer, and military officer. Born in Teplice, he was educated at the Theresian Military Academy and spoke German. His professional fields included painting, cartography, and climbing. He received the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria) for his work.
Payer authored works such as *New Lands Within the Arctic Circle Vol. 1*, *New Lands Within the Arctic Circle Vol. 2*, and the complete set. He is described in sources including the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*. Items from his collection are held at Masaryk University.
He died in Bled from a myocardial infarction, which is classified as natural causes. He was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery. Payer was one-eyed and his birth name was Julius Johannes Ludovicus von Payer.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- New Lands Within the Arctic Circle Vol. 1
- New Lands Within the Arctic Circle Vol. 2
- New Lands Within the Arctic Circle
- New Lands within the Arctic Circle Set
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- IQ-TREE: A Fast and Effective Stochastic Algorithm for Estimating Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies
· 2014 · cited 24,482x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,854x
- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
· 2007 · cited 17,520x
- ModelFinder: fast model selection for accurate phylogenetic estimates
· 2017 · cited 17,220x
- IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era
· 2020 · cited 16,349x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1841-09-02 ) 2 September 1841, Schönau (Šanov), Bohemia , Austrian Empire
- Died
- 29 August 1915 (1915-08-29) (aged 73), Veldes (Bled), Carniola , Austria-Hungary
- Resting place
- Vienna Central Cemetery
- Known for
- Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Julius von Payer, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer (2 September 1841 – 29 August 1915), ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Theresian Military Academy. He is chiefly known for the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in 1872–74 and the discovery of Franz Josef Land.
Early life and military career
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