Felix Bryk
Encyclopedia
Felix Bryk was a Swedish
anthropologist, entomologist and writer
.
In entomological circles Felix Bryk is best known as a lepidopterist
, but he made significant anthropological
studies in East Africa
and wrote on Carl Linnaeus.
He was a close friend of Curt Eisner
, working with him on the Parnassinae.
Entomology
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
anthropologist, entomologist and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
.
In entomological circles Felix Bryk is best known as a lepidopterist
Lepidopterist
A lepidopterist is a person who specialises in the study of Lepidoptera, members of an order encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
, but he made significant anthropological
studies in East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
and wrote on Carl Linnaeus.
He was a close friend of Curt Eisner
Curt Eisner
Curt Eisner was a German entomologist who specialised in snow butterflies or Parnassinae. His collections of Parnassinae are in Ses Naturalis, in Leiden, and his Ornithoptera and Morphidae are in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.-Selected works:*Parnassiana nova, XII. Kritische Revision der...
, working with him on the Parnassinae.
Books by Bryk
Anthropology- 1934. Circumcision in Man and Woman: Its History, Psychology and Ethnology. New York: American Ethnological Press.
- 1939. Dark Rapture: The Sex-life of The African Negro. Walden Publications.
- 1964. Voodoo-eros: Ethnological Studies In The Sex Life Of The African Aborigines. New York: United Book Guild.
- 1951. Linnée als Sexuallist.
Entomology
- 1934. Lepidoptera. Baroniidae, Teinopalpidae, Parnassiidae pars I (Subfam. Parnassinae). Das Tierreich 64, Berlin & Leipzig.
- 1935. Lepidoptera. Parnassiidae pars II (Subfam. Parnassinae). Das Tierreich 65, Berlin & Leipzig.
- 1984. Lepidoptera. Parnassiidae pars II (Subfam. Parnassinae), 2nd ed. Berlin & Leipzig, LI.
External links
- DEI Zalf List of obituaries. Portrait. Collection details