Franz Alfred Schilder

Franz Xaver Alfred Johann Schilder (born 13 April 1896 in Královské Vinohrady, now a district of Prague, died 11 August 1970 in Halle ) was an Austrian-born German biologist, taxonomist, malacologist and honorary professor of animal geography.

Life Franz Alfred Schilder was born on 13 April 1896 in Prague suburbs. In 1921, he became a Doctor of Philosophy.

In 1922, Schilder emigrated to Germany. In Berlin he started attending the Entomological Museum.

Schilder established 45 new genera and 483 new species and subspecies. In his honor were named: the genus Schilderia Tomlin 1930; the recent species Lyncina schilderorum Iredale 1939, the fossil species Zoila schilderi Dey (1932) 1941, and the race Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate 1961.