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15 minutes of fame: Franz Nopcsa, Hungarian adventurer and palaeontologist

15 minutes of fame: Franz Nopcsa, Hungarian adventurer and palaeontologist

FromHistory Extra podcast


15 minutes of fame: Franz Nopcsa, Hungarian adventurer and palaeontologist

FromHistory Extra podcast

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s the HistoryExtra podcast’s 15th birthday! To celebrate, we’ve asked 15 historians to nominate a figure from history they think deserves their ‘15 minutes of fame’. In this episode, Tom Holland nominates Franz Nopsca. Speaking with Rob Attar, he recounts the story of the early 20th-century Hungarian palaeontologist, adventurer and specialist in Albanian studies. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Aug 28, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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