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==Life and Career ==
Max Margules studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry in Vienna. In 1877 he joined, as volunteer, ZAMG (Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics) in Vienna <ref> ZAMG = Central Institute of Meteorology in Vienna [http://www.zamg.ac.at/about/history/index.php/] </ref>. After two years he left Vienna to study 1 year at Berlin. He returned to Vienna and received his Phd degree in the area of Electrodynamics. During his doctoral studies he was 'Privatdozent'. An unpaid position, but which allowed him to lecture students. Students' fees gave him some income.
In 1919 the Austrian Society for Meteorology awarded him the silver Hann Medal of Acknowledgement. Margules accepted the medal, but rejected the money. He rejected all attempts to make the last year of his life bearable. His small pension and the devaluation of the currency due to WW I lead to a life in poverty. He contented himself with food coupons in the post WW-I period. He got [[edema |hunger edema]] and should be remedied. He refused to do this and on the 4th of October 1920 he died from starvation.
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