Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil

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

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

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 [de], 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. ^ a b c Staib, Ludwig Friedrich (1864). Stipendien-Büchlein (in German). Maier. p. 9.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d Kraatz, Ernst Gustav (1879). "Herr Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil". Entomologische monatsblätter (in German). 23: 22.
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