František Antonín Nickerl (December 4, 1813 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

– February 4, 1871 in Prague) was a Czech

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as ara ...

who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 families and 46 superfamilies, 10 percent of the total described speci ...

, especially those of the Riesengebirges. František Nickerl was a professor of

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, an ...

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and of natural history in Prague where he was also "Prof. Dr." of medicine. He was at some time a research worker and curator at the National Museum in Prague.That institution conserves his

insect collection Insect collecting refers to the collection of insects and other arthropods for scientific study or as a hobby. Most insects are small and the majority cannot be identified without the examination of minute morphological characters, so entomolo ...

. He is not to be confused with Otokar Nickerl (1838–1920) also an entomologist.

Works

*Nickerl, 1850. ''Synopsis der Lepidopteren-Fauna Bohmens''. F. A. Nickerl. Prag. 1850. *many scientific papers in the ''Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung'' the journal of the

Entomological Society of Stettin The Entomological Society of Stettin (german: Entomologischer Verein zu Stettin) or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Stettin (Szczecin), was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most German entomologists were memb ...

of which he was a Member. Nickerlova deska 2013 obnovená

References

*Howard, L. O. 1930'' History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal)'' Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84 X+1-564. *Koleška, Z. 1975 Historie entomologického průzkumu Krkonoš. ''Opera Corcontica'' 12 137–151, zahlr. Portrait. *Osborn, H. 1952 ''A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five *Hundred Portraits''. -Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company : 1–303. *Stepánek, O. 1975 150 let Zoologie Národního Muzea v Praze. ''Čas. Narod. Muz., Řada Přirodov''. 138–139

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Franz Anton Nickerl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nickerl, Frantisek Antonin Czech entomologists Czech lepidopterists 1813 births 1871 deaths Scientists from Prague