Karel Brančik

Karel Brančik[nb 1] (13 March 1842 – 18 November 1915) was a Hungarian doctor and naturalist. He practised medicine at Trenčín and was interested in entomology, malacology and botany. In 1913 he founded the museum at Trenčín. He made a large collection of Coleoptera which was acquired by the Vienna entomologist Eduard Knirsch (1869–1955) before his collection was acquired by the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

Karel Brančik
Born(1842-03-13)March 13, 1842
Stará Bystrica, Austrian Empire (today in Slovakia)
Died(1915-11-19)19 November 1915
Trenčín, Austria-Hungary (today in Slovakia)
NationalityHungarian
Occupation(s)doctor and naturalist

Notes
  1. His first name is also given as Karol or Karl or Carolus, while his last name is also given as Brančsik

Sources
  • Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775–1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors, Royal Zoological Society of News South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380.
  • Guido Nonveiller (2001). Pioneers of the Research on the Insects of Dalmatia. Croatian Natural History Museum (Zagreb) : 390 p.
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