János Balogh (biologist), Date of Birth, Date of Death

János Balogh (biologist)

Hungarian zoologist

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1913

Date of Death: 15-Aug-2002

Profession: zoologist, ecologist, arachnologist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

János Balogh (19 February 1913, Lonka, now Luh, Rakhiv District or Rayon, Ukraine – 15 August 2002, Budapest) was a Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor, a recipient of the Kossuth and Széchenyi Prizes, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
He specialized in arachnology, and made major contributions to the knowledge of spiders and oribatid mites, as well as zoocenology, the study of animal communities.