Count Rudolf von Walderdorff (3 April 1830 – 3 July 1866) was an Austrian nobleman,

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

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 ...

Biography

Born Rudolph Carl Wilderich Graf von Walderdorff, a member of the Walderdorff family, an

ancient Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the development of Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient h ...

German noble family originating in the

Rhineland The Rhineland ( ; ; ; ) is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly Middle Rhine, its middle section. It is the main industrial heartland of Germany because of its many factories, and it has historic ties to the Holy ...

.https://www.vets.cz/vpm/4055-hrob-hrabe-rudolf-walderdorf/ He was a

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in the Austrian Imperial Army. On 3 July 1866, Rudolf was killed in the

Battle of Königgrätz The Battle of Königgrätz (or Sadowa) was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire. It took place on 3 July 1866, near the Bohemian city of Hradec Králové (German: Königgrä ...

Works

Rudolf Graf Walderdorff (1864) System. Verzeichniss der im Kreise Cattaro (Süd-Dalmatien) mit Ausnahme der Biela-Gora und in einigen angrenzenden Theilen von Montenegro und türkisch Albanien vorkommenden Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. ''Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft'' in Wien. 14: 503- ]514. * 'Eupithecia actaeata''">Eupithecia_actaeata.html" ;"title="'Eupithecia actaeata">'Eupithecia actaeata''''Correspondenz-blatt des Zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereins in Regensburg'' 23: 82

References

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Austrian malacologists Austrian lepidopterists 1866 deaths Year of birth missing Counts in Germany Walderdorff family {{Austria-scientist-stub