Gustav Kraatz
Ernst Gustav Kraatz (born March 13, 1831 in Berlin ; † November 2, 1909 there ) was a German entomologist .
Kraatz visited the Köllnische grammar school and high school to the Gray Monastery in Berlin before he first the rights studied, but soon after the Zoology changed. In 1856 he received his doctorate in Jena with a coleopterological thesis . After several study trips abroad, he worked on the natural history of insects in Germany . His research mainly focused on Coleoptera (beetles) and published around 1400 publications. He was also a professor at the University of Berlin .
In 1856 Kraatz founded the Berlin Entomological Society, in 1881 the German Entomological Society , of which he was chairman for many years, and in 1886 the German National Entomological Museum .
His collection is in the Senckenberg German Entomological Institute .
Works
- Natural history of the insects of Germany. Dept. 1. Coleoptera. Second volume . Publishing house of the Nicolaische Buchhandlung, Berlin 1856–1857
- Directory of beetles in Germany , Nicolai'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1869 ( digitized version )
literature
- "Brandenburgia". Monthly newspaper of the Society for Local Studies of the Province of Brandenburg in Berlin . XIX. Born 1910/11, Berlin 1911, pp. 24–25
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraatz, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kraatz, Ernst Gustav (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1909 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |