Ferdinand Stoliczka
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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 alti
Ferdinand Stolička
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)
Indian Museum
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The Indian Museum is a grand museum in Central Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest, as well as the largest museum in Asia, by size of collection. It
Ferdinand Stoliczka
…in about 40% of the cases. Conditions that aggravate it include exertion, fast ascent and alcohol, all of which were present in his case. Bust at the Indian Museum, dedicated by Geological Survey of India In his report on the expedition, Thomas E. Gordon touched on the death of his "highly valued friend and talented…
The courtyard of the Indian Museum
The Indian Museum, as completed in 1875, photo c. 1905
The torana and railings (part) from the Bharhut Stupa, before 75 BC
Stone sculpture of Devi Durga