Karel Brančik (13 March 184218 November 1915) was a Hungarian doctor and naturalist. He practised medicine at Trenčín and was interested in

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and

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. In 1913 he founded the museum at Trenčín. He made a large collection of

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which was acquired by the

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entomologist Eduard Knirsch (1869–1955) before his collection was acquired by the

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, Chicago.

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Sources

*Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775–1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors, Royal Zoological Society of News South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380. *Guido Nonveiller (2001). Pioneers of the Research on the Insects of Dalmatia. Croatian Natural History Museum (Zagreb) : 390 p. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brancik, Karel Slovak entomologists 1842 births 1915 deaths Physicians from Austria-Hungary Naturalists from Austria-Hungary