Franz Hermann Rolle (17 September 1864
Freiburg im Breisgau
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...
– 12 May 1929,
Berlin-Schöneberg) was a German
ornithologist
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...
and
entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
.
From 1889, Rolle was a
natural history dealer in Berlin trading as Institute Kosmos. He sold bird and insect specimens to many museums and private collectors especially to
Alexander Koenig. When he retired his entomological collections were sold to
Eugène Le Moult, Paris in 1921/22.
References
*Gebhardt L., 1970 ''Die Ornithologen Mitteleuropas.'' Bd. 2. J. Orn. 111, Sh. 110 ff.
*Hölzinger J., ''Die Vögel Baden-Württembergs''. Bd. 1. Gefährdung und Schutz, Teil 3. Artenschutzrecht. Historischer Teil. Franz Hermann Roll. Die Vögel Baden Württembergs. 1.3, 1578 ff.
*Horn W. & Kahle I., 1935 ''Über entomologische Sammlungen, Entomologen & Entomo-Museologie''. Teil I-III. Berlin-Dahlem, p. 229.
*Lamas G., 1981: ''Rev. Per. Ent.'' 23,1(1980): 25–31.
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German ornithologists
German lepidopterists
1929 deaths
1864 births