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Karel Brančik
1842-03-13 – 1915-11-18
Life & Legacy
Karel Brančik (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.
Occupation & Career
physician, naturalist, lepidopterist, entomologist, botanist
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q3193054 — wikidata View source
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