Josef Felix Pompeckj

Josef Felix Pompeckj (May 10, 1867 Groß-Köllen - July 8, 1930, Berlin) was a German paleontologist and geologist. He was born in Groß-Köllen (now Kolno in Poland). He studied geology and paleontology and received his doctorate in 1890. He worked in Tübingen, Munich and Hohenheim. In 1893 he became an extraordinary professor and in 1897 the keeper in Monachium Museum. Later he was appointed director of Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut und Museum in Berlin.