Friedrich Anton Heller (Friedrich) von Hellwald (1842–92)

Austrian geographer, anthropologist, and cultural historian. Served in the Austrian army from 1858. Editor of the weekly journal Das Ausland, 1872–81; under his leadership the journal broadened its focus to include anthropology and cultural history as well as geography. Prolific popular writer and strong supporter of Ernst Haeckel, Darwinism, and monism.