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Johann Nepomuk Wilczek (German: Hans Graf Wilczek; 7 December 1837 – 27 January 1922), known to friends as "Hans Wilczek", was an Austrian arctic explorer and patron of the arts. He was the main sponsor of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872–74.
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Johann Nepomuk Wilczek (German: Hans Graf Wilczek; 7 December 1837 – 27 January 1922), known to friends as "Hans Wilczek", was an Austrian arctic explorer and patron of the arts. He was the main sponsor of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition in 1872–74.
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Life Born in Vienna, he was the son of a Polish count, Stanislaus Joseph von Wilczek (1792–1847), and Baroness Gabriele von Reischach (1802–1890). Being from a well-off noble family, young Hans Wilczek made intensive travels and studied archaeology, art history as well as natural sciences. In 1858, he married Countess Emma Maria Emo-Capodilista (1833–1924), a court lady of Archduchess Sophie. He travelled to Russia in 1863, including Crimea and the Caucasus. Then, in 1866, he enlisted in the Austro-Prussian War as a volunteer. Between 1868 and 1870 he travelled across Africa. From 1872 to 1874, he provided for the S/X Admiral Tegetthoff research vessel and elaborate preparations of the Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition, led by Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht from 1872 to 1874. Of the donors to the expedition, he contributed the largest amount. In 1872, Wilczek himself led a preliminary expedition to Novaya Zemlya in order to set up a depot. For this he chartered the schooner Isbjørn, which had already been employed by Weyprecht and Payer for a reconnaissance trip in 1871, and hired Johan Kjeldsen as captain. Baron Maximilian von Sterneck was in charge of nautical affairs. Professor Hans Höfer von Heimhalt accompanied them in the…