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Theobald Johannes Krüper
Theobald Johannes Krüper (30 June 1829 – 23 March 1921) was a German ornithologist and entomologist who worked mainly as a curator at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Athens museum. He collected extensively in Iceland and in southern and central Europe including in the Balkans. Krüper's nuthatch (''Sitta krueperi'') was named for him by August von Pelzeln. Biography Krüper was born in Ückermünde in Pomerania where his father was a merchant. He went to the local schools before going to high school in 1844 to Stettin after which he went to the University of Berlin. As a child he began collecting butterflies and birds eggs and peaked at high school after meeting Carl August Dohrn. The lepidopterist Erich Martin Hering also inspired him and Martin Carl Heinrich von Lichtenstein, privy councillor in Berlin entrusted Krüper with the egg collections at the museum offering him a position to deal with the mollusc collections. Von Lichtenstein's d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Theobald is a Germanic name, Germanic dithematic name, composed from the elements ''theodiscus, theod-'' "people" and ''bald'' "bold". The name arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, Normans. The name occurs in many spelling variations, including Theudebald (other), Theudebald, Diepold, Theobalt, Tybalt; in French Thibaut, Thibault (other), Thibault, Thibeault, Thiébaut, etc.; in Italian Tebaldo; in Spanish and Portuguese Teobaldo; in Irish Tiobóid; in Czech Děpolt; and in Hungarian Tibold. People called Theobald include: *Saint Theobald of Dorat (990–1070), French saint *Saint Theobald of Marly (died 1247), French saint and Cistercian abbot *Saint Theobald of Provins (1033–1066), French hermit and saint *Theobald (ispán), 12th-century Hungarian nobleman *Theobald of Langres (12th century), number theorist *Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1191–1220), the Duke of Lorraine (1213–1220) *Theobald II, Duke of Lorraine (1263–1312), the Duke of Lorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
