Jan Bechyně
Jan Karel Bechyné | |
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| Born | September 19, 1920 Přibyslav, Czech Republic |
| Died | March 9, 1973 (aged 52) Maracay, Venezuela |
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| Discipline | Entomology |
| Sub-discipline | Coleopterist |
| Institutions | University of Maracay |
Jan Karel Bechyné (19 September 1920 - 9 March 1973)[1] was a Czech entomologist and a leading authority on leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae).
Career
Jan studied at the University of Prague, graduating in 1948 with a thesis titled "Příspěvek k poznání filogenese a zoogeography rodu Tymarcha Latr" (on the phylogeny and zoogeography of the genus Tymarcha). He emigrated from the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) in 1948 and never subsequently returned.[2]
He worked in natural history museums in Munich and at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels before moving to Los Angeles and later South America, where he researched in Brazil, San Salvador, and Peru before gaining a professorial post at the University of Maracay in Venezuela.[3]
Bechyné was the first to propose combating the Colorado potato beetle with pests in Europe.[3]
His wife, Bohumila Springlová de Bechyné, shared his interest in entomology and continued to represent Jan at entomological conferences after his death.[4]
References
- ^ "Biographies of the Entomologists of the World: Jan Bechyne". Senckenberg. 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ Milena Štráfeldová (2005-09-12). "PŘIBYSLAV SI PŘIPOMNĚLA SLAVNÉHO RODÁKA, EXILOVÉHO VĚDCE JANA BECHYNĚHO" (in Czech). Radio Praha. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
- ^ a b Rechcigl, Miloslav Jr. (2016). Encyclopedia of Bohemian and Czech-American Biography. Vol. 3. AuthorHouse. p. 254. ISBN 9781524619909.
- ^ Pierre Jolivet (2015). "Together with 30 years of Symposia on Chrysomelidae! Memories and personal reflections on what we know more about leaf beetles". Zookeys. 547: 35–61. doi:10.3897/zookeys.547.7181.
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