János Frivaldszky (17 June 1822 – 29 March 1895) was a Hungarian entomologist and ornithologist. Nephew of

Imre Frivaldszky Dr Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald (6 February 1799 in Bacskó, Hungary (now Bačkov, Trebišov District, Slovakia) – 19 October 1870 in Jobbágyi, Hungary), known as Imre Frivaldszky, was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist. Biography Bor ...

, he succeeded him at the

Hungarian Natural History Museum The Hungarian Natural History Museum ( hu, Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum) in Budapest, dating back to 1802, houses the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region. History of the museum Foundation In 1802, Count Fere ...

. Frivaldszky was born in

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Trencsén County Trencsén county (Latin: ''comitatus Trentsiniensis / Trenchiniensis''; Hungarian: ''Trencsén (vár)megye''; Slovak: ''Trenčiansky komitát / Trenčianska stolica / Trenčianska župa''; german: link=yes, Trentschiner Gespanschaft / Komitat) ...

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and introduced to natural history by his uncle Imre Frivaldszky. After studying engineering at the University of Technology he decided to study zoology. He collected specimens and brought them to his uncle and from 1850, he often acted as a substitute for his uncle. Frivaldszky took a special interest in insects and became assistant director of the Hungarian National Museum after the retirement of his uncle. He was especially interested in cave arthropods and beetles. In later life he studied the birds of Hungary and wrote ''Aves Hungariae'' (Magyarország madarai) (1891).

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Frivaldszky János (1822-1895) az entomológus, akadémikus és muzeológus (in Hungarian)

Aves Hungariae (1891)
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