Karel Brančik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karel Brančik

slovak entomologist and doctor

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1842

Place of Birth: Stará Bystrica, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1915

Profession: naturalist, physician, lepidopterist, botanist, entomologist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Karel (or Karol ou Karl or Carolus) Brancik (or Brancsik) (13 March 1842, Stará Bystrica -18 November 1915, Trencín) was a Hungarian doctor and naturalist. He practised medicine at Trencín and was interested in entomology, malacology and botany.
In 1913 he founded the museum at Trencín.
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.