About Hermann Schmitz
Lived 1878 – 1960 (aged 82). Hermann Schmitz was a German entomologist, regular priest, zoologist and catholic theologian.
Hermann Schmitz (12 August 1878 in Elberfeld, Wuppertal – 1 September 1960 in Bad Godesberg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and Diptera.
His personal collection of data on flies and the literature of flies were looted by the Nazis during World War II. He was a Jesuit of German origin living in Limburg (Netherlands), at the time.
Schmitz was a priest in Valkenburg. He is best known for his studies of Phoridae. His collections are in Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht (Diptera and Hymenoptera) Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn (world Phoridae and Lepidoptera from the Canary Islands)
He wrote Phoridae In: E. Lindner, Editor, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region (Lieferung 165) 4 (33) (1951) and many scientific papers mostly on this family.
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Who was Hermann Schmitz?
entomologist from Germany (1878-1960)
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Hermann Schmitz was born on 12 August 1878 in Elberfeld.
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Hermann Schmitz died on 1 September 1960 in Bad Godesberg.
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Hermann Schmitz was an entomologist, regular priest, zoologist and catholic theologian.
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Hermann Schmitz was German.
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