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János Balogh (19 February 1913, Lonka, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 15 August 2002, Budapest) was a Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor, a recipient of the
Kossuth and
Széchenyi Prize
The Széchenyi Prize ( hu, Széchenyi-díj), named after István Széchenyi, is a prize given in Hungary by the state, replacing the former State Prize in 1990 in recognition of those who have made an outstanding contribution to academic life in Hu ...
s, and member of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...
.
He specialized in
arachnology
Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of sp ...
, and made major contributions to the knowledge of spiders and
oribatid mites
Oribatida (formerly Cryptostigmata), also known as oribatid mites, moss mites or beetle mites, are an order of mites, in the "chewing Acariformes" clade Sarcoptiformes. They range in size from . There are currently 12,000 species that have been ...
, as well as zoocenology, the study of
animal communities.
References
János Balogh Commemorial Session Held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ''Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae'', volume. 49, 2003. pp. 297-341
1913 births
2002 deaths
20th-century Hungarian zoologists
Arachnologists
Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian ecologists
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