Karel Brančik

Karel Brančik
Born(1842-03-13)March 13, 1842
Stará Bystrica, Austrian Empire (today in Slovakia)
Died(1915-11-19)19 November 1915
Trenčín, Austria-Hungary (today in Slovakia)
NationalityHungarian
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

  1. ^ 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.