Education
In 1872, he left Laibach and studied geography at Vienna, Dresden and Halle, returning to Laibach in 1877.
cartographer university professor
In 1872, he left Laibach and studied geography at Vienna, Dresden and Halle, returning to Laibach in 1877.
Born in Innichen, County of Tyrol, Supan was first educated at the Laibach gymnasium. After studying in Graz, gaining a doctorate in 1870, Supan became a teacher in the Realschule in Laibach. In 1881, he was appointed professor of geography at the University of Czernowitz, and in 1884 became editor of Petermann"s Mitteilungen, retaining this post until 1909, when he accepted the chair of geography at Breslau.
He died in Breslau on 6 July 1920.