Hermann Rudolph Schaum

Deceased Person

1819 – 1865

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Who was Hermann Rudolph Schaum?

Hermann Rudolph Schaum was a professor in Berlin and an entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera.

Up until 1847, he worked as a general practitioner in Stettin, afterwards traveling to England, North America and Egypt, where he accumulated an impressive collection of insects. He later served as a professor of entomology at the University of Berlin. On September 15, 1865, he died in Bonn from consequences of a stroke.

The beetle species Diochus schaumi is named after him.

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Born
Apr 29, 1819
Died
Sep 15, 1865

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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