Albert Zerkowitz (13 January 1905– 1964) was an entomologist.
Albert Zerkowitz | |
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| Born | 13 January 1905 |
| Died | 1964 (aged 58–59) |
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| Spouse | Elisabeth ("Liesel") Victoria REIS |
Biography
editAlbert Zerkowitz was born on 13 January 1905 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and was a Hungarian citizen until 1 January 1939 when by action of his country he became stateless. From 1905 to 1925 he lived in Budapest and from 1925 to 1939 in Paris, before moving to Lisbon (Portugal), where he lived from 1939 until October 1941.[1] He entered the United States at New York City on 14 October 1941 and became a U.S. citizen on 12 May 1947. He continued his passion for Lepidoptera.[2] and eventually became a member of the Lepidopterists' Society in 1957.[3]
He took part in the French resistance directing German military trains to wrong destinations, for which after the war he was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur.
He died 1964 in Paris, France.[4]
Works
editHis main entomological work was his catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Portugal.[5]
Species named after Albert Zerkowitz
edit- Cucullia zerkowitzi Boursin 1934,[6] now Shargacucullia zerkowitzi.
References
edit- ^ 953632-master-set-folder-67-334420-334574-1.pdf: 121-122
- ^ Wiltshire (E.P.) Reminiscences of an amateur lepidopterist 1920-1990. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 103: 307-312
- ^ New members. The Lepidopterists' news, 1957, vol. 11 (1): 12
- ^ The Zerkowitz Genealogy: 84
- ^ Zerkowitz (A.), 1946. The Lepidoptera of Portugal. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 54(1): 51-87; 54(2): 115-165; 54(3): 211-261
- ^ Boursin (Ch.), 1934. Description de quatre nouvelles Cucullia, avec quelques notes sur trois espèces paîéarctiques. Contributions a l'étude des Noctuidae-Trifidae XII. Revue Française d'Entomologie, 11 (2): 144