Karl Schawerda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Schawerda

Austrian-Czech physician and entomologist (1869–1945)

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1869

Place of Birth: Újezd, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1945

Profession: lepidopterist

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Karl or Carl Schawerda (4 February 1869 in Újezd, Moravia – 11 September 1945 in Vienna) was an Austrian Czech entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Karl Schawerda was a physician of Czech origin, a gynecologist and entomologist mainly devoted to researching moths, but also has significant as an author describing some of the new forms of Parnassius apollo Linnaeus, 1758. His father was a railway engineer.
After primary and secondary education he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, After graduation in 1894 a gynecologist for four years at the Krankenhaus St.
Anna Kinderhospital in Vienna.
Later he worked as a gynecologist and obstetrician in Vienna.
In his practice he achieved the rank of "Obermedizinalrat" – "chief medical advisor. He described several new species of moths.
His collection of 50,000 specimens is mostly stored in Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.
A smaller portion of his collection, mainly Palaearctic species of Microlepidoptera Übersee Museum Bremen in Bremen.