Felix Bryk (21 January 1882, in

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

– 13 January 1957, in

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) was a Swedish

anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

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 ...

and writer. In entomological circles, Bryk is best known as a

lepidopterist Lepidopterology ()) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the two superfamilies of butterflies. Someone who studies in this field is a lepidopterist or, archaically, an aurelian. Origins Post-Renaissance, the r ...

; in anthropological history, for his studies in

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. He wrote on

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

and was a close friend of Curt Eisner, who worked with him on the

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Books by Bryk

Anthropology * 1934. ''Circumcision in Man and Woman: Its History, Psychology and Ethnology''. New York: American Ethnological Press. * 1939. ''Dark Rapture: The Sex-life of The African Negro''. Walden Publications. * 1964. ''Voodoo-eros: Ethnological Studies In The Sex Life Of The African Aborigines''. New York: United Book Guild. * 1951. ''Linnée als Sexuallist''. Entomology * 1934. ''Lepidoptera. Baroniidae, Teinopalpidae, Parnassiidae pars I (Subfam. Parnassinae)''. Das Tierreich 64, Berlin & Leipzig. * 1935. ''Lepidoptera. Parnassiidae pars II (Subfam. Parnassinae)''. Das Tierreich 65, Berlin & Leipzig. * 1984. ''Lepidoptera. Parnassiidae pars II (Subfam. Parnassinae)'', 2nd ed. Berlin & Leipzig, LI.

References

* Brinck, Per (1957) "In Memoriam: Felix Bryk," ''Opusc. Ent''. 22: 119–22.

External links

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List of obituaries. Portrait. Collection details Swedish entomologists Swedish lepidopterists 1882 births 1957 deaths 20th-century Swedish zoologists {{entomologist-stub