Erich Haase (January 19, 1859,

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–April 24, 1894,

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) was a

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and

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. He was Director of the Royal Siamese Museum in Bangkok. He died of

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Legacy

As well as many short scientific papers on insects,

Myriapoda Myriapods () are the members of subphylum Myriapoda, containing arthropods such as millipedes and centipedes. The group contains about 13,000 species, all of them terrestrial. Although molecular evidence and similar fossils suggests a diversifi ...

and

Chilopoda Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin language, Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphyl ...

, he wrote: * ''Untersuchungen über die Mimicry auf Grundlage eines natürlichen Systema der Papilioniden. Erster Theil: Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Papilioniden'' - Bibliotheca zoologica (Stuttgart) 8(1), pp. vi + 1-12, pls. 1-2, 5-8(1891–92). * ''Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden''. I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des K. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 1886/87 (5): 1-118.

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HAASE Erich (19.01.1857 Koszalin - 24.04.1894 Bangkok)
in: „Mały słownik przyrodników śląskich” German entomologists 1859 births 1894 deaths Expatriates from the German Empire German expatriates in Thailand {{entomologist-stub