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Franz Joseph Hugi

Swiss geologist and teacher

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Franz Joseph Hugi

Known for	"father of winter mountaineering"

Academic background
Education	theology (1814–1818 natural science (1818)^[1]
Academic work
Discipline	geology
Main interests	glacier phenomena

Franz Joseph Hugi (1791–1855) was a Swiss geologist and teacher who was called the "father of winter mountaineering," and was author of two pioneer works on glacier phenomena.^[2]