Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl
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| Intro | Botanist | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Brunner | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Brunner | ||||||
| Places | Switzerland | ||||||
| was | Zoologist Entomologist Scientist Physicist Professor Educator Botanist | ||||||
| Work field | Academia Biology Science | ||||||
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| Birth | 13 June 1823, Bern, Bern-Mittelland administrative district, Bernese Mittelland administrative region, Switzerland | ||||||
| Death | 24 August 1914Vienna, Austria (aged 91 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||||||
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Biography
Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist. Von Wattenwyl was a Postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera. His collection is conserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Naturhistoriches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt A.M. and Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.
Works
- With Leonardo Fea Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées) Genova, Tip. del R. Istituto sordo-muti (1893)