- Władysław Taczanowski
Władysław Taczanowski (
March 1 ,1819 ,Jabłonna –January 17 ,1890 ,Warsaw ) was a Polishzoologist .Life
A member of an old noble ("
szlachta ")magnate family from thePoznań region,Taczanowski is considered one of the most important European zoologists of the nineteenth century. Trained inParis , he worked at museums in Vienna, Berlin, Paris and London and was curator of the zoological department of theWarsaw University Museum from 1862 (when he succeededFeliks Paweł Jarocki ) until his death. Taczanowski took part in an expedition toAlgeria withAntoni S. Waga (1866-67) and wrote several significant studies including "Birds of Poland" (1882) and "Ornithology of Peru" (1884-86).Species named after him include the
Junin Flightless Grebe ("Podiceps taczanowskii") and theMountain Paca ("Agouti taczanowskii").Other works
*"Les Aranéides de la Guyane française"," "Horae Societatis entomologicae Rossicae" (1871)
*"Les Aranéides de la Guyane française"," "Horae Societatis entomologicae Rossicae" (1873)
*"Les Aranéides du Pérou. Famille des Attidés" (1879)ee also
*List of Poles
References
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/miz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=1&lang=iso-8859-1 History of the Museum and Instytute of Zoology]
*(in Polish) http://forumakad.pl/archiwum/2004/12/27-gwiazdy_i_meteory.htmExternal links
*http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/0-author/taczanowski.htm (has a picture)
*http://home.rochester.rr.com/thecaiques/classic_caique_articles.htm (has more details of his work)
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