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Edgar von Harold

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Edgar von Harold
Born(1830-05-30)30 May 1830
Died1 August 1886(1886-08-01) (aged 56)
Known forCatalogus Coleopterorum

Baron Edgar von Harold (30 May 1830 – 1 August 1886)[1] was an influential Scarabaeidae expert and entomologist who was active in the 19th century.[2]

Biography

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Edgar von Harold was born in Munich to a German family with Irish origins. He completed his early education at the court of the Bavarian King from where he graduated in the year 1848.[2] In 1848 Harold joined the Royal Guard of the King of Bavaria where he would serve for twenty years. During this period he participated in the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. At the end of his military career, Harold was sent on a trip to the coast of Spain and Morocco, to study the local insect fauna. After his retirement from the Royal Guard, Harold devoted his time fully to entomology.[1]

One of the major contributions by Harold to the field is said to be the Catalogus Coleopterorum,[3] which he co-authored with his friend Max Gemminger.[1] They started the work in 1868 and the last volume of the work was published in 1876.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Mario Cupello (July 2020). "The discovery of Edgar von Harold type material in the Museum of Zoology, Dresden". Scarabaeus (1): 15–24. ISSN 2693-2245. Wikidata Q107145159.
  2. ^ a b "BARON EDGAR VON HAROLD". unsm-ento.unl.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ Gemminger, Max; Harold, Edgar (1868). Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Vol. 1. Monachii: sumptu E.H. Gummi.

Further reading

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  • Fairmaire, L. 1887. Notice Nécrologique sur M. le baron Edgar von Harold. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 1887:47-48.
  • McLachlan, Robert. 1886.  Obituary. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, pp. LXV-LXVI.