Eugene Amandus Schwarz

Who was Eugene Amandus Schwarz?

Eugene Amandus Schwarz was a German-American entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

He studied entomology in Europe then left for the U.S.A. in 1872 where he joined the courses of Hermann August Hagen at the University of Harvard. Later, he made a scientific voyage to the American West with John Lawrence LeConte and travelled notably with Charles Valentine Riley. In 1878, he obtained a post with the Department of Agriculture, a function he kept until his death in 1928. He exercised a great influence on many American entomologists. He was a member of the Washington Entomological Society, the Washington Biologists’ Field Club and the Entomological Society of America. He played a very important role in the organisation of the insect collections of the National Museum of Natural History.