Dušan Čamprag
Born14 March 1925
Ada, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died22 March 2021(2021-03-22) (aged 96)
Novi Sad, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
OccupationEntomologist

Dušan Čamprag (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Чампраг; 14 March 1925 – 22 March 2021) was a Serbian entomologist.[1] He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[2] His studies primarily centered around agricultural entomology and phytomedicine.

Biography

Born in Ada, Čamprag spent his primary and secondary studies in Novi Sad and entered the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade in 1946. He graduated from the university in 1951 and became an assistant professor at the University of Novi Sad in 1957. He earned his doctorate from the university's Faculty of Agriculture in 1961 with a thesis on curculionidae in the Bačka region. He became a full professor in 1975.

In 1982, Čamprag was elected to the Hungarian Entomological Society as an honorary member. In 1989, he received a doctor honoris causa from the University of Pannonia. In 1979, he was elected as a corresponding member of the Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts, and became a full member in 1987.[3] He was elected as a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1991 and became a full member in 1998.[4] In 2004, he became a foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[5]

Dušan Čamprag died in Novi Sad on 22 March 2021 at the age of 96.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Preminuo akademik Dušan Čamprag". RTS (in Serbian). 30 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Душан Чампраг, редовни члан". deks.org.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 13 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dušan Čamprag" (PDF). Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "ДУШАН ЧАМПРАГ". Српска академија наука и уметнoсти (in Serbian).
  5. ↑ "Camprag Dusan". Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Preminuo Dušan Čamprag: Bio je jedan od najistaknutijih inženjera poljoprivrede i entomologa". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 30 March 2021.
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