Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil

Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil (1830[2] – 11 October[3] 1879[2]) (also known as Edoardo Steinheil)[2] was a German entomologist and engineer.

Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil
Born1830
Munich, Bavaria, Germany[1]
Died11 October 1879(1879-10-11) (aged 48–49)
Colombia
NationalityGerman
Known forDiscovering new species of insects (entomology)
SpouseJohanne née Muller[1]
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Steinheil

Life

He was born in 1830 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, to Carl August von Steinheil and Margarethe Amalie née Steinheil.[1]

He worked for C. A. Steinheil & Söhne, an optical-astronomical company founded in 1854 by his father.[3]

He made multiple trips to Colombia to research beetles there.[3]

He died on 11 October 1879 in Colombia due to sunstroke.[3]

References

  1. Staib, Ludwig Friedrich (1864). Stipendien-Büchlein (in German). Maier. p. 9.
  2. Checklist of the Coleopterous Insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1957. p. 1301. ISBN 9780598370983.
  3. Kraatz, Ernst Gustav (1879). "Herr Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil". Entomologische monatsblätter (in German). 23: 22.
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