Biographies of the Entomologists of the World help

... contains the acronyms used by the person in historical literature and in collection. The data originally come from Hübner & Gaedike (1998), have been completed from additional sources and have been recorded in the project "Digitalisierung entomologischer Fachliteratur mit Kulturhistorischer Bedeutung" ₁ by Mrs. Falland, Müncheberg.

₁ founded by Agentur für Arbeit Strausberg, MAE 3022/07.

... contains references of appreciations, obituaries, etc.

Tip: →short text.

... contains data about the disposition of entomological collections mostly in German.

The data originate from the DEI (Horn 1926, 1929), (Horn & Kahle 1935-1937), (Sachtleben 1961), (Horn; Kahle; Friese & Gaedike 1990), (Horn; Friese; Gaedike & Kahle 1990) and are constantly updated.

Tip: →short text.

... contains contributions of users. Please see all comments and the state of incorporation in the database by clicking on   to inspect details.

If you like to contribute, please use on the hit list or the add comment button on the detail page. It opens a dialog to add a comment on the biography. This allows you to point out errors, add additional information, etc. Please always provide a source for the correction. The comments will be incorporated continuously into the database.

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... contains the date of birth.

Because MySQL allows zero values for year, month, or day, incomplete dates are stored as:

... contains the date of death.

Because MySQL allows zero values for year, month, or day, incomplete dates are stored as:

... contains first name in native language.

Different spellings of a name will be found and are displayed on the detail page   in the field "also known as"

... contains the gender of a natural person.

... contains the person's Id from the "Gemeinsame Normdatei" (GND) of the "Deutschen Nationalbibliothek" (DNB).

... contains pictograms to indicate more data on the detail page.

portrait available, citations available, comments of users available.

... contains last name in native language.

Different spellings of a name will be found and are displayed on the detail page   in the field "also known as"

... contains last and first name in native language.

New

The hit list at the start now contains only one single input field to search for names of entomologists. With it, most queries can be quickly answered. Furthermore, this view is suited for small devices. However, the original hit list designed as a table and capable of searching all attributes of the data set can be selected under →settings.

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Please enter the complete last name or the beginning of the last name and the wild-card % to search for a person.
To search for the first name too, append it separated by comma.
Different spellings of a name will be found and are displayed on the detail page   in the field "also known as"

... mostly contains the place of birth and sometimes additional data.

To select records by places remember the spelling in the language of the country. Please use wildcards, e.g."cal%" finds California, Calif., Cal., Calcutta, etc.

... mostly contains the place of death and sometimes additional data.

To select records by places remember the spelling in the language of the country. Please use wildcards, e. g. "cal%" selects California, Calif., Cal., Calcutta.

... contains the profession of the person recorded in the project "DigiPorta: Digitalisierung und Erschließung von Porträts aus den Archiven der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft".

... contains the taxa the person primarily worked with.