Karel Brančik | |
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| Born | March 13, 1842 |
| Died | 19 November 1915 Trenčín, Austria-Hungary (today in Slovakia) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation(s) | doctor and naturalist |
Karel Brančik[nb 1] (13 March 1842 – 18 November 1915) was a Hungarian doctor and naturalist. He practised medicine at Trenčín and was interested in entomology, malacology and botany. In 1913 he founded the museum at Trenčín. He made a large collection of Coleoptera which was acquired by the Vienna entomologist Eduard Knirsch (1869–1955) before his collection was acquired by the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Notes
- ↑ His first name is also given as Karol or Karl or Carolus, while his last name is also given as Brančsik
Sources
- Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775–1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors, Royal Zoological Society of News South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380.
- Guido Nonveiller (2001). Pioneers of the Research on the Insects of Dalmatia. Croatian Natural History Museum (Zagreb) : 390 p.
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