| Rzehak, Anton Dr.
Moravian geologist and archaeologist of German extraction. He started to study engineering at the German College of Technology in Brno, but soon changed for the study of natural science, especially geology. Between 1880 and 1884 he was assistant working for professor Makowský and later taught chemistry at secondary school in Brno. In 1893, he qualified as associate professor at the German College of Technology in Brno, in 1896 he took over the supervision of the prehistoric collections of the Moravian Provincial Museum in Brno. In 1905, he was appointed full professor of mineralogy and geology at the German College of Technology in Brno. He contributed to regional geology, paleontology and archaeology of Moravia and, above all, to the study of the Tertiary. His scientific activities comprise several hundreds of studies, he participated in geological mapping of the environs of Brno, investigated many localities and collected extensive paleontological and prehistoric material, which is deposited mainly at the Moravian Museum in Brno.
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born 26th May 1855, Nový Dvůr (Moravia), died 31st March 1923, Brno
