Karl or Carl Schawerda (4 February 1869 in Újezd,

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– 11 September 1945 in

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) was an

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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 ...

who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

. Karl Schawerda was a

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of Czech origin, a

gynecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area ...

and

mainly devoted to researching

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s, but also has significant as an author describing some of the new forms of ''

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'' Linnaeus, 1758. His father was a railway engineer. After primary and secondary education he studied medicine at the

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, After graduation in 1894 a gynecologist for four years at the Krankenhaus St. Anna Kinderhospital in Vienna. Later he worked as a gynecologist and obstetrician in Vienna. In his practice he achieved the rank of "Obermedizinalrat" – "chief medical advisor. He described several new species of moths. His collection of 50,000 specimens is mostly stored in

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in Vienna. A smaller portion of his collection, mainly Palaearctic species of

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Übersee Museum Bremen in Bremen.

Works

Partial list *Schawerda, K.: 1908, Bericht über lepidopterologische Sammelreisen in Bosnien und in der Hercegovina. ''Jahr. des Wiener Ent. Ver. Jahrg''. XIX: 85–126. *Schawerda, K.: 1910, Zwei Arctiidenformen aus Bosnien und der Hrzegowina. ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich – königlichen zoologisch – botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'', 60, 90–93.

References

Translation Slovakia Wikipedia * Anonymous: Schawerda, Karl (1869–1945). In: ''Österreichisches Biograpfisches Lexicon'': 1815–1950, Bd. 10 (Lfg. 46), 54 * Durbešić, P., 1985. Počeci entomoloških istraživanja u Hrvatskoj s bibliografijom (od prvih pisanih podataka do osnutka Jugoslavenskog entomološkog društva 1926. godine).'' Acta entomol. Jugosl.'' 1984th Vol. 20. Suppl.: 7–56 * Horn, W., Kahle, I., Friese, G., Gaedike, R.: 1990, ''Collectiones entomologicae. Eine Kompendium '' Teil. I & II, Akad. d. Landw. d. DDR, Berlin, 573rd * Nonveiller, G.: 1999, ''The Pioneers of the Research on the Insects of Dalmatia'': 248–249. * Killy, W. & Vierhaus, R.: 1999, Karl Schawerda in ''Deutsche Biographische Encyclopedia'' (DBE), Band 8, KG Saur, München, 578th * Gaedike, R. & Groll, EK eds. 2001,'' Entomologen der Welt'' (''Biografien, Sammlungsverbleib''). Datenbank, DEI Eberswalde im

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e. V.: "Schawerda Karl.

External links

Biologiezenrtum
In German. Gives collecting countries and publication list. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schawerda, Karl 1869 births 1945 deaths People from Znojmo District People from the Margraviate of Moravia Austrian lepidopterists People from Austria-Hungary