About Dora Ilse
Lived 1898 – 1979 (aged 81). Dora Ilse was a German entomologist.
Dorothea "Dora" Ilse (9 October 1898 – 21 October 1979) was a German entomologist who researched color identification in butterflies.
Personal life Ilse was born in Honnef am Rhein, Germany. She completed her school education in Berlin, then moving to Göttingen and later to Bonn. She returned to Berlin in 1931, before moving to Munich in 1933. In 1935 she relocated to Britain in exile, where she lived until 1952 and taught biology in schools. Ilse then moved to Pune, India, where she remained until 1955. Her whereabouts from 1955 until her death in Munich in 1979 are unknown.
Career Ilse received her PhD from the University of Göttingen.
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Who was Dora Ilse?
German entomologist (1898-1979)
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Dora Ilse was born on 9 October 1898 in Bad Honnef.
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Dora Ilse died on 21 October 1979 in Munich.
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Dora Ilse was an entomologist.
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Dora Ilse was German.
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