Sámuel Fenichel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sámuel Fenichel

Hungarian naturalist and explorer

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1868

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1893

Profession: entomologist, archaeologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Sámuel Fenichel

  • Sámuel Fenichel (25 August 1868 – 12 March 1893) was a Hungarian naturalist, collector, and explorer who died after a very brief period of 14 months in Papua New Guinea.
  • His main collections were insect specimens and several species have been named after him.Fenichel was born in Nagyenyed and went to Bethlen College where he was influenced by Károly Herepey.
  • Initially interested in archaeology, he spent some time working at the Bucharest archaeological museum from 1888.
  • He travelled to Dobrudja in Romania during which time he met Albert Grubauer, a German naturalist who was planning an expedition to New Guinea.
  • Fenichel showed interest, resigned from his post and joined Grubauer but with the understanding that he would obtain material for the Hungarian National Museum.
  • They reached German New Guinea in 1891 and began collecting insect specimens.
  • Grubauer left due to poor health but Fenichel stayed on collecting nearly 25000 specimens.
  • Fenichel too fell ill, possibly from malaria, and in 1893 this led to severe kidney problems that led to his death at Stephansort.
  • Fenichel was an inspiration for the naturalist-explorer Lajos Bíró.Fenichel's collections including insects and objects of ethnographic interest are now in the Hungarian National Museum.
  • A memorial plaque in Port Moresby University commemorates his life.
  • Several species of insect described from his collections have been named after him including Coccorchestes fenicheli, Eophileurus fenicheli, and Euscheloribates fenicheli.

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