Baron Franz Nopcsa
Albanologist, Palaeontologist, Geologist
This website is devoted to the life and work of the Austro-Hungarian
scholar, Baron Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933).
Franz Baron Nopcsa in northern Albanian costume,
ca. 1916
Baron Franz Nopcsa travelled to Albania and the southern Balkans
(Bosnia, Kosova, Macedonia, Serbia) on numerous occasions from
1903 to the First World War. He lived in Shkodra which he used
as a base for his travels in the wild northern Albanian mountains.
On these journeys, he took with him not only his rifle but also
his "Kodak" and made what are now exceptionally rare
and fascinating photos of the region. The originals of these
glass photographs, published here for the first time, are in
the Hungarian Natural
History Museum (Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum)
in Budapest.
Thanks go in this connection to Krisztián Csaplár
(csaplarkrisztian@hotmail.com)
for the Hungarian version of this website and, in particular,
to Josef Gross
for his excellent work in scanning and preparing the photo collection
for internet publication.
Robert Elsie
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