Hans Ferdinand Emil Julius Stichel
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Hans Ferdinand Emil Julius Stichel (16 February 1862 Wronki
- 2 October 1936 Berlin
) was a German
entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
.
Stichel studied at the Königliche Realgymnasium of Berlin then, in May 1882, he started to study philosophy at the Königl university Friedrich-Wilhelm. But the death of his father meant a delicate financial standing and he had to stop his studies in 1883.Stichel then began a career as a railway civil servant becoming in 1893 director of railway materials first class. In 1921, he became a higher inspector and in 1922 Director of the office in Berlin.
From 1892, he devoted his spare time to the publication of entomological reviews. From 1912 to 1923, he directed the publication of Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie and Neuen Beiträge zur systematischen Insektenkunde. He was also the author of more than one hundred publications on the insects, mainly on butterflies. Stichel moreover took part in collective publications like Das Tierreich, Grossschmetterlinge der Erde, Nomenclator Animalium Generum and Subgenerum, Genera Insectorum and Catalogus Lepidopterum. He was a member of various entomological societies and received, in 1927, an honorary doctorate.
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Wronki
Wronki is a town in the Szamotuły County, western-central Poland, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Piła Voivodeship . It is located close to the Warta River to the northwest of Poznań, and has a population of approximately 11,000...
- 2 October 1936 Berlin
Berlin
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) was a German
Germany
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entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
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Stichel studied at the Königliche Realgymnasium of Berlin then, in May 1882, he started to study philosophy at the Königl university Friedrich-Wilhelm. But the death of his father meant a delicate financial standing and he had to stop his studies in 1883.Stichel then began a career as a railway civil servant becoming in 1893 director of railway materials first class. In 1921, he became a higher inspector and in 1922 Director of the office in Berlin.
From 1892, he devoted his spare time to the publication of entomological reviews. From 1912 to 1923, he directed the publication of Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie and Neuen Beiträge zur systematischen Insektenkunde. He was also the author of more than one hundred publications on the insects, mainly on butterflies. Stichel moreover took part in collective publications like Das Tierreich, Grossschmetterlinge der Erde, Nomenclator Animalium Generum and Subgenerum, Genera Insectorum and Catalogus Lepidopterum. He was a member of various entomological societies and received, in 1927, an honorary doctorate.
Works
- Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Fam. Riodinidae. J. Wytsman Genera Insectorum 112A 1-238. J. Wytsman Brussels.(1910–11).
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