Wilhelm Junk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Junk

German entomologist

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1866

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1942

Profession: antiquarian seller, publisher, entomologist, bibliographer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Wilhelm Junk (3 February 1866, Prague – 3 December 1942, Den Haag) was a noted Czech antiquarian bookseller in the field of natural history, and an entomologist. Wilhelm Junk established his book dealership "Antiquariaat Junk", in 1899 in Berlin.
He soon became the leading dealer in works on natural history in Europe.
Junk also edited and published reference works notably Lepidopterorum Catalogus edited by Embrik Strand and Coleopterorum Catalogus edited by Junk himself and Sigmund Schenkling.
A Jewish refugee, he moved his shop to Den Haag in the 1930s.
He sold his business to Rudolph Schierenberg in 1935.
It still operates as "Antiquariaat Junk". He was a Doctor of Philosophy honoris causae, an honour conferred by the Humboldt University of Berlin.