Peter Esben-Petersen (18 December 1869, in Sverup near
Silkeborg
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entomologist
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who specialised in world
Neuroptera
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. He was also interested in the
Orthoptera
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,
Ephemeroptera and other insects of Denmark.
Esben-Petersen was a teacher in Silkeborg. He was associated with the entomological series Danmarks Flora og Fauna. For his scientific work on world fauna he received an honorary degree from the
University of Copenhagen
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. His insect collection is largely conserved in the
Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, with a part in the Natural History Museum in Aarhus
:da:Naturhistorisk Museum).
Works
Partial list
*— (1902)
"Bidrag til en Fortegnelse over Arktisk Norges Neuropterfauna I".Tromsø Museums Aarshefter (25): 119 – 153
*— (1908–09)
"Bidrag til en Fortegnelse over Arktisk Norges Neuropterfauna II."Tromsø Museums Aarshefter, (31/32): 75 – 89
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*— (1933)
Bidrag til en Fortegnelse over Bornholms Insektfauna: Orthoptera, Plecoptera, Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Copeognatha, Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Trichoptera.'Entomologiske Meddelelser'' 18: 215–238
References
*Henriksen, K. L. 1937
sben-Petersen, P.''Ent. Meddel.'' København 15 (11/12 499–506, Portrait
*Nonveiller, G. 1999 ''The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia''. Zagreb, Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej : 1–390, 65 Fig.
External links
Partial bibliographyEOL
''Encyclopedia of Life
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Portrait, further details
Danish entomologists
1942 deaths
1869 births
People from Silkeborg
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