Hermann Rudolph Schaum (29 April 1819 in

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(formerly Glachau) – 15 September 1865 in

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) was a professor in

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and an

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 specialised in

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. Up until 1847, he worked as a

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, afterwards traveling to

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and

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, where he accumulated an impressive collection of insects. He later served as a professor of entomology at the

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. On September 15, 1865, he died in

from consequences of a stroke. The beetle species ''Diochus schaumi'' is named after him. Schaum was a member of the Entomological Society of Stettin.

Selected works

* "Analecta entomologica", 1841. * ''Verzeichniss der Lamellicornia mélitophila'', 1841. * "Catalogus coleopterorum Europae", 1852 - Catalog of European Coleoptera. * ''Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands'', (from 1860, with

Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 – 18 December 1848) was a German entomologist and doctor. He was the author of many articles about insects mainly in ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte''. When writing in Latin, he latinised ''Wilhelm'' ...

, Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter and

Ernst Gustav Kraatz Ernst Gustav Kraatz (13 March 1831 – 2 November 1909) was a German entomologist. He collected and described numerous beetles including Staphylinidae. Kraatz was a founding member of the Berlin Entomological Club (Berliner Entomologischer Verein) ...

) - Natural history of German entomology. * ''Necrophilus arenarius Roux, die mutmassliche Larve von Nemoptera'', 1860 - "''Necrophilus arenarius''", the alleged larvae of '' Nemoptera''. * "Descriptions of four new genera of

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

" (English translation in 1863). * "Contributions to the knowledge of the

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of tropical Asia containing descriptions of new species, a list of those hitherto described, and synonymical notes, (English translation in 1866).WorldCat Identities
(publications)

References

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