Johann Nepomuk Wilczek

Johann Nepomuk Wilczek
Photo by Carl Pietzner, around 1907
Born(1837-12-07)7 December 1837
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died27 January 1922(1922-01-27) (aged 84)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationExplorer
Known forSponsorship of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition

Johann Nepomuk Wilczek (German: Hans Graf Wilczek; 7 December 1837 – 27 January 1922), known to friends as "Hans Wilczek", was an Austrian arctic explorer and patron of the arts. He was the main sponsor of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872–74.

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