Ludwig Ganglbauer

Ludwig Ganglbauer (1 October 1856, in Vienna – 5 June 1912, in Rekawinkel, near Kaltenbach Lower Austria), was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera (i.e., beetles) of Europe.

Life and work Ganglbauer became interested in insects during early childhood. Educated at the Schottengymnasium in Vienna, he later obtained a teaching certificate from the University of Vienna, and then taught high school for a few years. He subsequently took a job at the Wiener Hofmuseum (now the Vienna Museum of Natural History). He encouraged a circle of entomologists in Vienna that met on the first and third Thursdays of each month at a restaurant.

In 1881, he co-founded the journal Wiener Entomologische Zeitung.