Flashcards: German entomologists

Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (19 November 1775 – 10 May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist.

Friedrich Weber (3 August 1781 – 21 March 1823) was a German entomologist.

Johann Dzierzon, or Jan Dzierżon [ˈjan ˈd͡ʑɛrʐɔn] or Dzierżoń [ˈd͡ʑɛrʐɔɲ], also John Dzierzon (16 January 1811 – 26 October 1906), was a pioneering apiarist who discovered the phenomenon of parthenogenesis in bees and designed the first successful movable-frame beehive.

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Rudolf Jakob Camerarius or Camerer (February 12, 1665 – September 11, 1721) was a German botanist and physician.

Wilhelm Mink (1807, Krefeld – 1883) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Hymenoptera .

Josef Johann Mann (19 May 1804 – 20 March 1889), or Johann Josef Ritter von Mann, was a German Bohemian entomologist and a specialist in Lepidoptera.

Napoleon Manuel Kheil (19 October 1849, Prague, Bohemia – 1 November 1923 Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech zoologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Orthoptera.

Moritz Alphons Stübel (26 July 1835 – 10 November 1904) was a German geologist and vulcanologist who was a native of Leipzig.

Johann Philipp Breyne (9 August 1680 in Danzig (Gdańsk) in Poland – 12 December 1764 in Danzig), son of Jacob Breyne (1637–97), was a German botanist, palaeontologist, zoologist and entomologist.

Peter Friedrich Bouché (15 February 1785, Berlin – 3 April 1856, Berlin) was a German botanist and entomologist.

Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (22 September 1828 – 19 April 1865) was a German naturalist, zoologist and explorer from Breslau (Wrocław).

Koncordie Amalie Dietrich (née Nelle) (26 May 1821 – 9 March 1891) was a German naturalist who was best known for her pioneering work in Australia, where she spent ten years collecting specimens for the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.

Walter Karl Johann Roepke (18 September 1882, Hohensalza – 7 February 1961, Wageningen ) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

Paul Stein (1852–1921) was a German museum curator and entomologist .

Joseph Kriechbaumer (21 March 1819, Tegernsee- 2 May 1902), Munich was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera especially Ichneumonidae.

Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig (8 November 1743 in Garz/Rügen – 10 October 1831 in Braunschweig) was a German entomologist and wargame designer.

Karl Richard Hanitsch (22 December 1860 – 11 August 1940) was a German-born entomologist and museum curator who served as the director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore in the early 20th century.

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Heinrich Moritz Gaede, also Henri-Maurice Gaede (26 March 1795 – January 1834), was a German naturalist and entomologist.

Adolf Horion (12 July 1888 in Hochneukirch – 28 May 1977 in Überlingen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Curt Eisner (born April 28, 1890 in Zabrze - died December 30, 1981 in The Hague) was a German entomologist who specialised in snow butterflies or Parnassinae.

Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel [Gistl] (11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist.

August Ferdinand Kuwert (15 October 1828, Nidden – 14 August 1894, Wernsdorf, südl. von Königsberg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Johann Christian Gerning (1745–1802) was a German banker, art collector, and entomologist.

Georg Karl (or Carl) Berendt (July 13, 1790 – January 4, 1850) was a German physician and paleontologist who was a native of Danzig.

Otto Bang-Haas (20 January 1882, Dresden – 30 July 1948, Dresden) was a German entomologist and insect dealer.

Theodor Becker (23 June 1840 in Plön – 30 June 1928 in Liegnitz) was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies.

Ernst Josef Fittkau (22 July 1927 – 12 May 2012) was a German entomologist.

Pater Sigbert Wagener (OFMCap) (29 October 1919, Krefeld as Karl Emil Wagener-13 April 2004) was a German Capuchin priest, a teacher, a scientist and naturalist especially interested in entomology.

Hermann von Heinemann (1 March 1812, Helmstedt - 18 December 1871, Braunschweig) was a German entomologist who specialised in first Coleoptera then Lepidoptera.

Pius Sack (3 December 1865 – 5 February 1946) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera His collection of World Diptera is conserved in Naturmuseum Senckenberg.

Erich Otto Engel (29 September 1866, in Alt-Malisch Frankfurt – 11 February 1944, in Dachau) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

Ernst Suffert (fl. 1900) was a German entomologist who specialised in studies of Lepidoptera.

Ernst Pfeiffer (20 December 1893, Munich – 28 May 1955, Munich) was a German entomologist who specialised in LepidopteraHe was a publisher and bookseller.

Gustav Breddin (25 February 1864, Magdeburg – 22 December 1909, Oschersleben) was a German entomologist who specialised in Hemiptera.

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Berge (11 December 1811, Stuttgart–19 September 1883) was a German naturalist, ornithologist and entomologist.

Karl Rost (active 1880–1919) was a German entomologist and insect dealer.

Johann Gottlieb Schaller (1734–1814) was a German zoologist and entomologist.

Fred Hermann Brandt (1908–1994) was German entomological collector, botanist and secret agent in the Second World War who worked in Iran and Afghanistant during the 1930s.

August Ahrens (1779, Walbeck - 28 November 1841, Hettstedt) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Max Joseph Bastelberger (19 March 1851, Würzburg, Bavaria – 1 January 1916, Munich, Bavaria) was a German medical doctor and entomologist.

Hans Gebien 4 October 1874, Horn, Hamburg- 9 October 1947, Großhansdorf) was a German entomologist who specialised in Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) His collections are in Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg , the Natural History Museum of Basel and in Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (both ex Museum G.

Adolph Speyer (28 April 1812, Arolsen – 14 October 1892, Rhoden, Waldeck )was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially Hesperiidae.

Hermann Schmitz (12 August 1878 in Elberfeld, Wuppertal – 1 September 1960 in Bad Godesberg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and Diptera.

Otto Nüsslin (26 October 1850, Karlsruhe – 2 January 1915), Baden-Baden) was a German zoologist and forester.

Joachim Illies (March 23, 1925 - June 3, 1982) was a German biologist, entomologist and author.

Max Saalmüller (26 November 1832 in Römhild, Germany – 12 October 1890 in Bockenheim (Frankfurt am Main)) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel and German entomologist.

Ludwig Carl Friedrich (Louis) Graeser ( 12 February 1840, Dresden – 9 December 1913, Hamburg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Palearctic Lepidoptera.

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Fritz Konrad Ernst Zumpt (1908–1985) was a German entomologist who worked mainly in Africa .

Otto Michael (1859 - 1934) was a German explorer, zoologist and entomologist.

Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (21 July 1850 Lisse nr Posen – 1937), was a medical practitioner and naturalist.

Johannes Winnertz (11 February 1800 – 24 July 1890) was a German entomologist specialising in Diptera.

Martin Baehr is a German entomologist, currently a research associate of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.

Hermann Reinhard (15 November 1816, Dresden – 10 January 1892) was a German physician and entomologist.

Friedrich Otto Gustav Quedenfeldt (14 June 1817, Graudenz – 20 December 1891, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Charles Le Doux (born 17 October 1876, in Berlin) was a German entomologist.

Paul Bernhard Gerhard (10 March 1824, Leipzig - 18 May 1908, St. Louis, Missouri) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Ernst Heyne (1833-1905) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Peter Friedrich Ludwig Tischbein (6 December 1813, Eutin – 5 October 1883, Eutin) was a German forester, paleontologist and entomologist.

Hans Höppner (8 February 1873, in Bremen – 24 April 1946, in Krefeld) was a German botanist and entomologist.

Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn (16 June 1838, Braunschweig – 1 October 1913, Florence) was a German zoologist, entomologist and malacologist.

Wilhelm Schlüter (1828–1919) was a German natural history dealer.

Carl Ludwig Kirschbaum (31 January 1812 in Usingen, Duchy of Nassau – 3 March 1880) was a German entomologist, Professor of Biology and Museum Director.

Heinrich Carl Küster (14 February 1807 – April 1876) was a German malacologist.

Heinrich Ribbe (1832-1898) was a German entomologist.

Heinrich Wolf (born 1924, Siegen) is a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.

Hermann Haupt (24 January 1873, Langensalza, Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia – 2 June 1959, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt) was a German entomologist who worked mainly on Auchenorrhyncha and Hymenoptera.

Max Gaede (29 November 1871 – 27 October 1946), was a German engineer and entomologist of international fame who described several hundred of new species of lepidoptera, mainly African Noctuidae.

Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke (27 November 1820, Breslau – 7 November 1906) was a German entomologist, specialising in Lepidoptera.

Nikolaus Joseph Brahm, was a German zoologist (18 May 1754, Mainz – 29 June 1821, Mainz) and author of Insektenkalender für Sammler und Oekonomen.

Julius Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken also Sommer (15 April 1770 in Braunschweig – 8 February 1856 in Braunschweig) was a German entomologist.

Sigmund Schenkling (11 July 1865, in Laucha an der Unstrut – 16 December 1946, in Eisleben) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Michael Gottlieb Agnethler (June 10, 1719 – June 15, 1752) was a German botanist and numismatist.

Hans Ferdinand Emil Julius Stichel (16 February 1862, in Wronki – 2 October 1936, in Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Johann Ludwig Christ (18 October 1739, in Öhringen – 19 November 1813, in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German naturalist, gardener and pastor.

Erwin Lindner (7 April 1888 – 30 November 1988) was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.

Carl Plötz (1814 – 12 August 1886, Greifswald) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and in particular Hesperiidae.

Karl Heinrich Bergius (1790–1818), also known as Carl Heinrich Bergius, was a Prussian botanist, naturalist, cavalryman and pharmacist from Küstrin.

Gustav Weymer (1833–1914) was a German entomologist.

Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831 in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888 in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist specialised in Lepidoptera.

Albert Koebele (28 February 1853 - 28 December 1924) was an economic entomologist and a pioneer in the use of biological controls to manage insect pests.

Lucas Friedrich Julius Dominikus von Heyden (22 May 1838, Frankfurt – 13 September 1915, Frankfurt) was a German entomologist specialising in Coleoptera beetles.

Otto Schmiedeknecht (8 September 1847 Bad Blankenburg, Thüringen- 11 February 1936, Blankenburg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.

Conrad of Megenberg (German: Konrad von Megenberg, Latin: Conradus Megenbergensis; 1309–1374) was a German Catholic scholar, and a writer.

Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Kirsch was Curator of Entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. His collection is shared between Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu), Bytom and *Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Dresden'. He described the birdwing butterfly Troides riedeli

S. A. von Rottemburg was a German entomologist in the 18th century.

Alexander Heyne (1 July 1869, Leipzig – 1927, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (December 17, 1814 – 1897) was a German entomologist who worked on Diptera and Hymenoptera, mainly the Ichneumonidae and Braconidae.

Eduard Gustav Honrath (11 August 1837, Coblenz – 19 April 1893, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, particularly Parnassius.

Hans Bischoff (30 November 1889 – 18 March 1960) was a German entomologist from Berlin.

Jan Noskiewicz (8 October 1890 – 27 August 1963) was a Polish entomologist specialising in Hymenoptera and Strepsiptera.