ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

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Krüper's nuthatch Krüper's nuthatch (''Sitta krueperi'') is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a small to medium-sized nuthatch, measuring in length. The are blue-grey, with the front half of the black in adults of both sexes, but with ...

August von Pelzeln August von Pelzeln (10 May 1825, Prague – 2 September 1891 in Oberdöbling) was an Austrian ornithologist. He was a grandson to novelist Karoline Pichler (1769-1843). 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 The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

. As a child he began collecting butterflies and birds eggs and peaked at high school after meeting

Carl August Dohrn Carl August Dohrn (27 June 1806 – 10 May 1892) was a German entomology, entomologist who was a founding member of the Entomological Society of Stettin, Stettin Entomological Society. He collected insects, particularly beetles and described sever ...

. The lepidopterist

Erich Martin Hering Erich Martin Hering (10 November 1893, Zielona Góra, Heinersdorf – 18 August 1967, Berlin) was a German entomologist. Hering specialised in leaf miners. He was a curator in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, where his collections of Lepidop ...

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 death in 1857 prevented this.

Otto Staudinger Otto Staudinger (2 May 1830 – 13 October 1900) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and indi ...

who was also studying in Berlin became a close and lifelong friend of Krüper. In 1856 he explored northern Iceland while Staudinger spent time in the southern part. In 1855 he travelled with natural history dealer Keitel from Berlin. He visited Iceland again in 1856 and

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in 1857 where he also obtained fossils. In 1872 he became a curator at the University Museum in Athens. He then collected extensively in the Mediterranean region covering Macedonia, Smyrna, Constantinople and the Kyllene Mountains. He published extensively in the journals ''Naumannia'' and the ''Journal für Ornithologie''. Krüper lived with an Athenian woman from 1864 but at the time of his death in Athens they were childless and his collections were transferred to the Athens museum. Some of his collections also went to "

Otto Staudinger Otto Staudinger (2 May 1830 – 13 October 1900) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and indi ...

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Andreas Bang-Haas Andreas Bang-Haas (6 December 1846 – 7 February 1925) was a Danish entomologist and insect dealer. Bang-Haas was born in Horsens. In 1879 he entered into the business of the insect dealer Otto Staudinger. He married Staudinger's daughter ...

" and Wilhelm Schlüter from which they were sold on to several institutions including

Museum für Naturkunde The Natural History Museum () is a natural history museum located in Berlin, Germany. It exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history and in such domain it is one of three major museums in Germany alongside Naturm ...

in Berlin and the now

Slovak National Museum The Slovak National Museum () is the most important institution focusing on scientific research and cultural education in the field of museology in Slovakia. Its beginnings "are connected with the endeavour of the Slovak nation for national emanc ...

in Bratislava.

Krüper's nuthatch Krüper's nuthatch (''Sitta krueperi'') is a species of bird in the nuthatch family Sittidae. It is a small to medium-sized nuthatch, measuring in length. The are blue-grey, with the front half of the black in adults of both sexes, but with ...

(''Sitta krueperi'') was named for him by

August von Pelzeln August von Pelzeln (10 May 1825, Prague – 2 September 1891 in Oberdöbling) was an Austrian ornithologist. He was a grandson to novelist Karoline Pichler (1769-1843).Krueperia'' was named for him by

Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff Karl (or Carl) Wilhelm Verhoeff (25 November 1867 – 6 December 1945) was a German myriapodologist and entomologist, specialising in myriapods (millipedes, centipedes, and related species) as well as woodlice and to a lesser extent insects. Bio ...

in 1900.

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German lepidopterists 1829 births 1917 deaths {{entomologist-stub