Gustav Kreitner
Gustav Ritter von Kreitner (2 August 1847 – 20 November 1893) was a Silesian-Austrian military geographer, traveller and diplomat. He travelled through Asia as part of an expedition organized by Count Béla Széchenyi and contributed to the reports of the expedition. He also wrote a travelogue in German. He was later appointed the Austrian consul in Yokohama where he died. Biography Kreitner was born in Odrau, Austrian Silesia (now Odry, Czech Republic), the son of brewer Philipp Kreitner and his wife Veronika, born Grünová. He was educated at Odry, Opava and Olomouc. He trained to join the army in 1866 and was posted to Italy with his regiment. He then continued military studies and became a lieutenant in the military-geographical institute at Vienna in 1872 and was involved in surveying and mapping. In 1877 he joined a 3-year research expedition sponsored by Count Bela Szechenyi into India, Java, China and Japan. Kreitner wrote about the places and people of Japan includin ...
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