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Ernst Luchs

1811 – 1886

German physician and aviculturist

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About Ernst Luchs

Lived 1811 – 1886 (aged 74). Ernst Luchs was a physician and ornithologist.

Karl Johann Nepomuk Ernst Luchs (3 September 1811 – 3 January 1886) was a German physician in the Silesian spa town of Bad Warmbrunn. He was also a naturalist, aviculturist, and collector of natural history specimens. Two species of birds were named in his honour.

Luchs was born in Warmbrunn, now Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój. He studied medicine at the University of Breslau with a dissertation De sphygmologia (1836) and worked as a spa doctor at Warmbrunn throughout the rest of his life. He was a keen aviculturist and also made a collection of bird skins which he sold in 1878 to Ludwig Graf von Schaffgotsch (1842–1891). The ornithologist Otto Finsch named Myiopsitta luchsi (now usually treated as a subspecies of the monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus luchsi) after him. Karl Russ named a finch species as Aegintha luchsi in 1882 which is now thought to be a hybrid of two estrildid species. Luchs was elected member of the Leopoldina academy in 1848 and was a member of the German ornithological society from 1870.

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University of Wrocław
Also known as
Carl Johann Nepomuk Ernst Luchs, Karl Johann Nepomuk Ernst Luchs

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Ernst Luchs?

German physician and aviculturist

When was Ernst Luchs born?

Ernst Luchs was born on 3 September 1811 in Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój.

When did Ernst Luchs die?

Ernst Luchs died on 3 January 1886 in Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój.

What was Ernst Luchs's occupation?

Ernst Luchs was a physician and ornithologist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ernst Luchs

· Wikidata: Q95255391

· DBpedia: Ernst Luchs

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