Anton Menge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anton Menge

German entomologist

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1808

Place of Birth: Arnsberg, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1880

Profession: botanist, entomologist, high school teacher, arachnologist

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Franz Anton Menge (15 February 1808 in Arnsberg – 27 January 1880 in Danzig) was a German entomologist. Menge was a student of Physics, Chemistry and Natural History at the University of Bonn He became Professor at the Petrischule in Danzig. Menge published Preussische Spinnen or Spiders of Prussia between 1866 and 1878. His collection of insects and spiders is in the State Natural History Museum in Gdansk.
It includes many fossil insects preserved in Baltic amber.