Karel Brančik (or Brančsik) (13 March 1842, Stará Bystrica

Stará Bystrica

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 -18 November 1915 , Trenčín) was a Hungarian

Hungary

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 doctor

Physician

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 and naturalist

Naturalist

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He practised medicine at Trenčín and was interested in entomology

Entomology

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, malacology

Malacology

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 and botany

Botany

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. In 1913 he founded the muuseum at Trenčín. He made a large collection of Coleoptera which was acquired by the Vienna

Vienna

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 entomologist Eduard Knirsch

Eduard Knirsch

Eduard Knirsch was an Austrian doctor and entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He practised in dentist.His collection is in Museum Victoria, Australia and the Field Museum in Chicago....

 (1869–1955) before his collection was acquired by the Field Museum of Natural History

Field Museum of Natural History

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, Chicago.

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.
• translated from French Wikipedia