Hermann Rudolph Schaum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German entomologist
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Place of Birth: Glauchau, Saxony, Germany
About Hermann Rudolph Schaum
- Hermann Rudolph Schaum (29 April 1819 in Glauchau (formerly Glachau) – 15 September 1865 in Bonn) was a professor in Berlin and an entomologist.
- He specialised in Coleoptera. Up until 1847, he worked as a general practitioner in Stettin, afterwards traveling to England, North America and Egypt, where he accumulated an impressive collection of insects.
- He later served as a professor of entomology at the University of Berlin.
- On September 15, 1865, he died in Bonn from consequences of a stroke.The beetle species Diochus schaumi is named after him.
- Schaum was a Member of the Entomological Society of Stettin.
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