Ferdinand Stoliczka was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of zoology, including ornithology, malacology, and herpetology. He died of high altitude sickness in Murgo during an expedition across the Himalayas.
Ferdinand Stoliczka
The Geological Survey of India in 1870. Standing: F Stoliczka, R B Foote, W Theobald, FR Mallet, V Ball, W. Waagen, WL Willson Sitting: A Tween, W King, T Oldham, HB Medlicott, CA Hackett
Stoliczka discovered the Mudh formation when he visited Mud village, Spiti in the 1860s
Paleontologia Indica (1871)
Kroměříž is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.
Town square seen from the castle tower
Church of Saint Maurice
Velké Square with Kroměříž Castle
Regents's house and Kroměříž Region Museum