| Kretschmer, František M. Mont. born 4 th October 1848, Vítkovice, died 25th December 1921, Šternberg Geologist, mineralogist, and mining engineer. He studied at the Mining Academy in Příbram and worked as mining engineer in the coalfields of Ostrava since 1875. In 1875 - 1908 he was employed as works manager of the Sobotín - Štěpánov ironworks. He contributed significantly to the mineralogical and geological investigation of Moravia, devoting more than thirty scientific papers to that region. He was also involved in economic geology and mapping of the northern Moravia. He was appointed corresponding member of the Imperial Geological Institute in Vienna and associate member of the State Geological Survey of Czechoslovakia.
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