Othmar Kühn

Othmar Kühn
Kühn in 1965
Born(1892-11-05)5 November 1892
Vienna, Austria
Died26 March 1969(1969-03-26) (aged 76)
Vienna, Austria
Scientific career
FieldsGeology, Paleontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna

Othmar Kühn (5 November 1892 – 26 March 1969) was an Austrian geologist and paleontologist at the University of Vienna who was a member of the Nazi Party, serving in the Wehrmacht as a military geologist during World War II. He worked mainly on Cretaceous stratigraphy and began a catalogue of the fossils of Austria, Fossilium catalogus Austriae.

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