Franz Xaver Fieber (

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, 1 March 1807 –

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, 22 February 1872 ) was a

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botanist and entomologist. He was the son of Franz Anton Fieber and Maria Anna née Hantsehl. He studied economics,

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and

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at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1824 to 1828. He began work in finance (civil service) before becoming a

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in Chrudim in Bohemia. Fieber was a Member of the

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. He was the author of "Synopsis der europäischen Orthopteren" (1854), ''Die europäischen Hemiptera'' (1860), and numerous other publications on insects. He worked notably on insect wings. As well as Hemiptera, he studied Orthoptera.

References

* Allen G. Debus (dir.) (1968). ''World Who’s Who in Science. A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present.'' Marquis-Who's Who (Chicago) : xvi + 1855 p. 1807 births 1872 deaths Hemipterists Scientists from Prague 19th-century German botanists German entomologists German Bohemian people Czech Technical University in Prague alumni {{Germany-botanist-stub