Jiří Baum (20 September 1900 – 1944, Warsaw) was a Czech

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curator, explorer and writer. He served as the collector of the zoological department of the

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and is best known in his field for his 1933 book ''Through the African Wilderness'' and his 1935 zoological expedition in the

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. In Australia, Baum teamed with

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due to his local expertise with spiders. One species of New-Guinean troglobitic cockroach ''Nocticola baumi'' was named in 2021 on honour of Jiří Baum.

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1900 births 1944 deaths 20th-century Czech people Czechoslovak zoologists 20th-century explorers Czech explorers Czech male writers Czech resistance members Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Scientists from Prague {{CzechRepublic-hist-stub

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