Baron Cajetan von Felder, German

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: Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (19 September 1814–30 November 1894) was an Austria

Austria

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n jurist

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, politician, and entomologist (specializing in Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera

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). He was elected to the first district council of Vienna

Vienna

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 in 1848 and served as mayor

Mayor

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 of the city from 1868 to 1878.

Felder is chiefly known for his work with Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer

Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer

Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer was an Austrian entomologist. He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the Lepidoptera. Rogenhofer was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera.Beside him Josef Mann worked as a keen technician and collector...

 and his son Rudolf Felder

Rudolf Felder

Rudolf Felder was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder a huge collection.-Works:...

, the book Reise Fregatte Novara: Zoologischer Theil., Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera (Journey of the Frigate Novara...) in three volumes (1865–1867). The SMS Novara

SMS Novara (1850)

SMS Novara was a sail frigate of the Austro-Hungarian Navy most noted for sailing the globe for the Novara Expedition of 1857–1859 and, later for carrying Archduke Maximilian and wife Carlota to Vera Cruz in May 1864 to become Emperor and Empress of Mexico.-Service :The SMS Novara was a frigate...

 was a frigate that made a voyage of exploration in 1857–1859 and, with help from Rudolf Cajetan von Felder, amassed a huge entomological collection that is deposited in the Naturhistorisches Museum

Naturhistorisches Museum

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 in Vienna and the Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

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 in London. A collection of approximately 1,000 letters and postcards sent to Felder between circa 1856 and 1891 is also held by the Natural History Museum. They were sent to Felder, from all over the world, by leading 19th-century entomologists, and deal mainly with the exchange and purchase of specimens, Lepidoptera in particular.

External links

• Picture and short biography from the aeiou Encyclopedia
  Aeiou Encyclopedia
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• BDHSpecies lepidopterorum hucusque descriptae vel iconibus expressae in seriem systematicam digestae a C. et R. Felder. Separata editio ex Actis C. r. Societatis zoolog.-botanicae.Vindobonae,typis C. Ueberreuter (1864).
• http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/felder/novara_tafeln/index.htmlPlates Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. (1864) Zoologischer Theil. 2. Band. Zweite Abteilung: Lepidoptera. Atlas.Cajetan Felder,Rudolf Felder,Alois F. Rogenhofer Verlag: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. In Commission bei Carl Gerolds's Sohn.1864 Wien]

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Andreas Zelinka

Andreas Zelinka

Andreas Zelinka served as the mayor of Vienna, Austria from 1861 to 1868. The citizens of Vienna called him Papa Zelinka....

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Julius von Newald

Julius von Newald

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