Eduard Richter

Eduard Richter (3 October 1847, Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge – 6 February 1905, Graz) was an Austrian geographer and glaciologist.

He studied history and geography at the University of Vienna, where his instructors included Theodor von Sickel and Friedrich Simony.

From 1871 to 1886 he was a gymnasium teacher in Salzburg, and in 1886 became a professor of geography at the University of Graz.

[2] In August 1871, with Alpinist Johann Stüdl, he was the first to ascend to the summit of the Schlieferspitze (3289 m).

[3] He is best remembered for his glaciological and limnological research of the eastern Alpine region.