Julius Kugy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julius Kugy

Slovenian mountain climber

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1858

Place of Birth: Gorizia, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1944

Profession: writer, lawyer, jurist, mountaineer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Julius Kugy was a mountaineer, writer, botanist, humanist, lawyer and officer of Slovenian descent.
He wrote mostly in German.
He is renowned for his travelogues from opening up the Julian Alps, in which he reflected on the relationship between man, nature, and culture.
During all his life, he opposed competing nationalist ideologies in the Alpe-Adria region, insisting on the need of peaceful co-existence among Slovene, Italian and German peoples.