Janos Frivaldszky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Janos Frivaldszky

Hungarian zoologist

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1822

Place of Birth: Rajec, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1895

Profession: zoologist, entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

János Frivaldszky (17 June 1822 – 29 March 1895) was a Hungarian entomologist and ornithologist.
Nephew of Imre Frivaldszky, he succeeded him at the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Frivaldszky was born in Rajec, Trencsén County, Kingdom of Hungary and introduced to natural history by his uncle Imre Frivaldszky.
After studying engineering at the University of Technology he decided to study zoology.
He collected specimens and brought them to his uncle and from 1850, he often acted as a substitute for his uncle.
Frivaldszky took a special interest in insects and became assistant director of the Hungarian National Museum after the retirement of his uncle.
He was especially interested in cave arthropods and beetles.
In later life he studied the birds of Hungary and wrote Aves Hungariae (Magyarország madarai) (1891).