August Assmann (1819-1898) was a

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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 arach ...

who specialised in fossil insects of

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and

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. His collections are in the

Museum of Natural History at University of Wrocław A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

Publications

Partial list *1847 Berichtigung und Ergänzung der schlesischen Lepidopteren Fauna ''Ent. Z. Breslau'' Lepid. (1) 1: 2-6 *1854. Verzeichniss der 1847 bei Constantinopel u. Brussa gefundenen Schmetterlinge. ''Zeitschrift für Entomologie'' 8:14-17. *1870. Paleontologie. Beitrage zur Insekten-Fauna der Vorwelt Einleitung. 1 Beitrag. Die fossilen Insekten des tertiaren (miocenen) Thonlagers von Schossnitz bei Kanth in Schles. ''Z. Entomol. (Breslau)''. N.F. Ser. 2. Bd 1. S. 42-43 * 1870. Paleontologie. Beitrage zur Insekten-Fauna der Vorwelt Einleitung. 2 Beitrag. Fossile Insekten aus der tertiaren (oligocenen) Braunkohle von Naumburg am Bober. ''Z. Entomol. (Breslau)''. N.F. 1.1-62.

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Portrait 1819 births 1898 deaths German lepidopterists 19th-century German zoologists Date of birth missing Date of death missing {{Germany-scientist-stub