Open AccessFerdo Lupša (1882–1945) – one of the first Western researchers of caves in Thailand
Author(s) -
Andrej Kranjc
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta carsologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.362
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1580-2612
pISSN - 0583-6050
DOI - 10.3986/ac.v50i1.10084
Subject(s) - cave , empire , government (linguistics) , ancient history , sign (mathematics) , kingdom , history , geography , economic history , archaeology , philosophy , mathematics , geology , mathematical analysis , linguistics , paleontology
Ferdo (Ferdinand) Lupša was born in a small village Drakovci, near the town of Ljutomer, in the North-western part of the nowadays Slovenia, in those times in Austro-Hungarian Empire. Upon concluding his studies, he became an engineer of geodesy. During his stay in Vienna, when he tried to persuade government to finance a polar expedition, he met Lange, a consul of Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand). The consul advised him to visit Siam. Six months later he visited Vienna again to sign the contract with “Siam Canals Land and Irrigation Company”. The contract obliged Lupša to stay for six months in Siam to study various places and environmental conditions.