Charles Oberthür, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Oberthür

French entomologist (1845–1924)

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1845

Place of Birth: Rennes, Brittany, France

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1924

Profession: printer, lepidopterist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Oberthür (14 September 1845, in Rennes – 1 June 1924) was a French entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera.
He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür. Oberthür named 42 new genera of moths.Oberthur acquired the collections of Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799–1879), Achille Guenée (1809–1880), Jean-Baptiste Eugène Bellier de la Chavignerie (1819–1888), Adolphe de Graslin (1802–1882), Constant Bar (1817–1884), Emmanuel Martin (1827– 1897), Antoine Barthélemy Jean Guillemot and Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892).
His immense collection, at the end of his life, contained 5 million specimens in 15,000 glass topped boxes of 50 x 39 cm.
In 1916, it was the second largest private collection in world.