August Assmann
August Assmann (* 1819 in Breslau ; † April 25, 1898 in Breslau) was a German entomologist who specialized in butterflies and Schnabelkerfe .
He was a lithographer in Breslau and assistant at the Zoological Museum in Breslau and published about butterfly finds in the area of Constantinople and Silesia and also about insect finds from the Tertiary (Miocene clay deposit in Schlossnitz, Oligocene lignite in Naumburg am Bober).
His collection is at the Natural History Museum in Wroclaw. He was editor of the journal for entomology of the Association for Silesian Entomology in Breslau (1847 to 1856).
Fonts
- The butterflies of Silesia in pictures from nature with explanatory text . 3 parts, Breslau, Volume 3 appeared in 1851 (corrections and additions in the Zeitschrift für Entomologie, 1847 to 1851)
- Directory of the bug-like insects found in Silesia so far . Hemiptera, Breslau 1855
- Catalogus Lepidopterorium Silesiae . Wroclaw 1853
- Paleontology. Contributions to the insect fauna of the prehistoric world. Breslau 1870 digitized
literature
- NA: We regret also to record the following deaths . In: Natural science: a monthly review of scientific progress . tape 13 , 1898, p. 65 ( online [accessed February 20, 2016]).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Assmann, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1898 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |