Geografie 1990, 95, 161-164
Academician Emil Mazúr died
On March 27, 1990 the outstanding Slovak geomorphologist and physical geographer Prof. Dr. Emil Mazúr, DrSc., Member of the Czechoslovak and Slovak Academies of Sciences, died at the age of 65 years. For many years he was a member of the Presidium of both the Academies, Director of the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and President of the National Geographical Committee. He held many important scientific functions. Emil Mazúr is the author of more than 150 scientific publications. He had merit in the publication of the National Atlas of Slovakia and was interested especially in regional geomorphology as well as in landscape ecology. He was one of our foremost geographers well known for his creative achievements in the field of science. Emil Mazúr was a holder of many decorations and honours at home and abroad for the tremendous tasks that he had accomplished. We want to express our gratitude also for the deeply human understanding that he had shown for those working under him.
