Napoleon Manuel Kheil (19 October 1849,

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– 1 November 1923

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) was a

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and

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who specialised in

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and

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. He was the owner of a private business school and Professor and author in the field of commercial matters at the

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in Prague.

Travels and Translations

He explored the flora and fauna of the

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and other regions of Spain and translated into Czech

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's play '' Life is a dream''. Also in Czech he published some monographs related to Spain. Khiel was very talented with regards to languages. Besides Czech and Spanish, he also spoke fluent German, and French. He is buried at

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in Prague.

Kheil's Collection

A collector who in his time had one of the largest private collections of insects collected in

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Napoleon Manuel Kheil was a member and one of the founders of the Czech Entomological Society. After his death, his collection of more than 27.000 specimen of insects was bequeathed by the

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. It is now kept by its Entomological department.

Works

Entomology partial list *Kheil, N.M, 1884 ''Zur Fauna des Indo-Malayischen Archipels. Die Rhoplalocera der Insel Nias'' Rhopalocera Ins. Nias : -5 6-38, 5pls. Berlin.R. Friedlander & Sohn. Includes a general description of the island and its inhabitants, and a list of 149 butterflies, with occasional notes on known species, and descriptions of several new ones, illustrated by photographic plates. *Kheil, N.M., 1890 Ueber geschlechtlichen Dimorphismus des abessynischen Pap. antinorii Oberthur. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'', Iris 3:333-336. *Kheil, N.M. , 1890 Ein neue Danaid. ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 33:393-394. *Kheil, N.M. , 1905 Lepidopteros de la Guinea Espanola. ''Memorias da Real Sociedad Espanol de Historia Natural'' 1:161-181. *Kheil N. M., 1916 Die Lepidopteren der Sierra de Espana. 34 pp. ''International entomol. Zeitschrift'' 10(8): 41-74.

References

* Anonym, 1899, Národní album. Sbírka podobiznu a životopisů česká lidí. Nakl. JR Vilímek, Praha: 102, 156 * Dusmet y Alonso, J. M., 1919, Kheil Napoleon Manuel. Byl. Soc. Ent. España. 2: 182–183 * Obenberger, J.: 1923, Tři Ztráty (Napoleon Manuel Kheil). Čas. Čs. spol. ent., 20: 111–112 * Vávra, V. 1923, Napoleon Manuel Kheil. Sborník ent. odd. Nár. muz. v Praze, 2: p. 3–4 * Vávra, V. 1923, Napoleon Manuel Kheil. Čas. Nár. mus. odd. přír., 97: 143–144 * Anonym: 1954, Čas. Národ. Muzea, 123, 7 * Derksen, W., Scheiding–Göllner, U., 1965 Index litteraturae entomologicae. Německý entomologického ústav Německé akademie věd, Eberswalde bei Berlin. Serie II., Bd. I.–V. Berlin (1864–1900), II: (1965): (F–L): heil, Napoleon Manuel 470–471 * Kolečka, Z., 1983 Zpravy Čs. spol. ent. ČSAV, Praha, 19 (5): Kheil Napoleon Manuel: 161–163 *Rufino Blanco Sánchez, Elementos de literatura española..., 1925. *Gaedike, R. & Groll, E. K. eds. 2001, ''Entomologen der Welt'' (Biografien, Sammlungsverbleib). Datenbank, DEI Eberswalde im ZALF e. V.: Kheil Napoleon Manue
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