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Romanian Journal of Biology - Zoology
ROMANIAN ACADEMY |
GERMAN SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITIES SETTLED DOWN IN ROMANIA - WILHELM KARL (WILHELM CAROL) KNECHTEL, FATHER, BOTANIST AND WILHELM KARL W. KNECHTEL, SON, ZOOLOGIST
SANDA MAICAN*, MARIAN-TRAIAN GOMOIU**
Abstract:
The paper presents aspects of the life and scientific work of two German biological scientists established in Romania, along with other local people of German origin, thanks to Prince Carol de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, brought to lead the country, first as Prince and then King (May 10, 1866) of Romanian Principalities. It also approaches the dynasty of biologists WILHELM KARL (WILHELM CAROL) KNECHTEL, a botanist, specialist in designing and arranging gardens and parks, who had an extensive international experience in the field, but also as an entomologist, as well as his son, WILHELM KARL W. KNECHTEL, born in Romania, the founder of the Romanian school of agricultural entomology. He mainly researched Thysanoptera insects, was a professor of entomology in Bucharest and Chișinău and member of the Romanian Academy.
Citation:
SANDA MAICAN*, MARIAN-TRAIAN GOMOIU**, 2019. GERMAN SCIENTIFIC PERSONALITIES SETTLED DOWN IN ROMANIA - WILHELM KARL (WILHELM CAROL) KNECHTEL, FATHER, BOTANIST AND WILHELM KARL W. KNECHTEL, SON, ZOOLOGIST, Romanian Journal of Biology - Zoology, 64(1-2): 93–116.
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