Hermann Julius Kolbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German entomologist
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Place of Birth: Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Hermann Julius Kolbe
- Hermann Julius Kolbe (2 June 1855, Halle, Province of Westphalia – 26 November 1939) was a German entomologist from Halle, Westphalia.
- He was curator at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890 until 1921 specialising in Coleoptera, Psocoptera and the “Neuroptera”.
- He died in Berlin-Lichterfelde. Kolbe was born in Halle and studied at the University of Munster but did not complete due to problems with health and family.
- He worked as a teacher in Oeding from 1878 to 1882 and then joined the entomology department of the Zoologisches Museum at Berlin and became a curator of Coleoptera and Neuroptera in 1921.
- One of his interests was in the Scarabaeidae.
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