Oldřich Marek

Oldřich Marek
Oldřich Marek
Born	November 3, 1911 Ústí nad Orlicí, Austro-Hungaria
Died	December 26 1986 Žamberk, Czechoslovakia
Education	Teacher's Institute in Hradec Králové
Occupation	Teacher

Oldřich Marek (1911–1986) was a Czech entomologist and teacher, member of Czechoslovak entomological society in Prague since 1940.

Life

Oldřich Marek was born on April 3, 1911 in Ústí nad Orlicí. He attended Primary school in Dolní Čermná and secondary school in Česká Třebová. After completing secondary school he left for Slovakia to become a primary school teacher in Smolník, Stakčín and Trnava.

During World War II (1938–1945) he was employed as a teacher in Slatina u Moravské Třebové, Litice nad Orlicí and Dolní Čermná. In 1941 he began teaching mathematics, physics, chemistry and natural science at secondary school. After military duties in 1945 he worked as a secondary school teacher in Žamberk until his retirement in 1971.

Work

He specialised in Coleoptera especially the family Nitidulidae. In this group he studied the world fauna describing many new genera and species.

Photo gallery

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  Oldřich Marek and his wife Blažena, nee Pravečková
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  Oldřich Marek at work with binocular microscope

Literature

• Marek, O. 1982. Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) of Brazil 2. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 26(3-4): 261-268.