Karel Brančik
Karel Brančik | |
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| Born | March 13, 1842 |
| Died | 19 November 1915 Trenčín, Austria-Hungary (today in Slovakia) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation(s) | doctor and naturalist |
Karel Brančik (13 March 1842 – 18 November 1915) was a Hungarian doctor and naturalist. He practised medicine at Trenčín and was interested in entomology, malacology and botany. In 1913 he founded the museum at Trenčín. He made a large collection of Coleoptera which was acquired by the Vienna entomologist Eduard Knirsch (1869–1955) before his collection was acquired by the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.