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František Klapálek

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Czech entomologist (1863-1919)

Lived 1863 to 1919 · aged 55
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František Klapálek was a Czech entomologist. He was particularly interested in the mayflies and other freshwater insect fauna. He was also the first to translate the works of Charles Darwin and Jean-Henri Fabre into Czech. He also published a two-volume "Atlas of Central European Beetles".

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František Klapálek was a Czech entomologist. He was particularly interested in the mayflies and other freshwater insect fauna. He was also the first to translate the works of Charles Darwin and Jean-Henri Fabre into Czech. He also published a two-volume "Atlas of Central European Beetles". In 1904 he founded the Czech Society of Entomology (ČSE) and its journal.

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Lived 1863 to 1919 · aged 55
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