Karl Haanshus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Haanshus

Norwegian entomologist and physician

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1860

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1937

Profession: physician, entomologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Karl Harald Adolf Haanshus (December 26, 1860 – January 3, 1936) was a Norwegian physician and entomologist.
He joined the Norwegian Entomological Society in 1915.
He was its vice chairman from 1933 to 1935, and he was also a member of the editorial committee of the Norwegian Journal of Entomology.Haanshus was born in Kristiania (now Oslo).
He received a medical degree in 1888 and practiced for 10 years as a town physician in Fredrikstad.
He then moved back to Kristiania, where he worked as a pediatrician until his death on January 3, 1936.Haanshus took an early interest in nature and insects, especially butterflies.
He also processed the material from Ørjan Olsen's expedition to Siberia, Carl Sofus Lumholtz's trip to Borneo, and Alf Wollebæk's expedition to the Galápagos Islands.