Michalina Isaakova

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Michalina Isaakowa (* 1880 ; † 1937 ) was a Polish entomologist .

Life

She was married to the well-known entomologist Juliusz Isaak . After his death in 1923 she continued his scientific work. In 1926 she traveled to Brazil and reached across the Río Paraná river Ivaí and traveled there only sparsely populated region around Apucarana . After completing her two-year expedition, she returned to Poland with a collection of 15,000 insects.

She drowned during a second trip to Brazil in 1937.

literature

  • Polish Explorers , Publisher: Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ISBN 83-89175-51-7 , page 13.
personal data
SURNAME Isaakova, Michalina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1880
DATE OF DEATH 1937