About Ferenc Ocskay
Lived 1775 – 1851 (aged 75–76). Ferenc Ocskay was a Hungarian entomologist, naturalist and numismatist.
Franz Ocskay von Ocskö (1775–1851) was a Hungarian entomologist. Freiherr Franz L. B. Ocskay was the son of Major-General Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko (1740–1805). He lived in Sopron (Ödenburg). Franz Ocskay described several new species of grasshoppers.
Works 1826 Gryllorum Hungariae indigenorum species aliquot. Acta Acad. Leopold. Carol. (Halle) 13(1): 407–410. 1832 Orthoptera nova. Acta Acad. Leopold. Carol. (Halle) 16(2): 959–962. 1844 Über den Standort seltener Insecten. Amtl. Bericht Naturf. Ges. Gräz 4: 181. 1850 Toussaint von Charpentier's letzte Insektenabbildung. Acta Acad. Leopold. Carol. (Halle) 20(2): 6 Seiten. (with Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst and Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck).
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Who was Ferenc Ocskay?
Hungarian entomologist
When was Ferenc Ocskay born?
Ferenc Ocskay was born in 1775 in Očkov.
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Ferenc Ocskay died in 1851 in Sopron.
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Ferenc Ocskay was an entomologist, naturalist and numismatist.
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Ferenc Ocskay was Hungarian.
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