Julius Gerhardt
German teacher and entomologist (1827–1911)
Julius Gerhardt (18 January 1827 – 18 November 1912) was a Silesian entomologist, botanist and high-school teacher. He studied the plants and later the beetles of the Silesian region and described a number of species.
Life and work
Gerhardt was born in Buchwald, Silesia, Austrian Empire (now Bukówka, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland), son of a shoemaker. Growing up in Kirchdorf, he took a keen interest in natural history from an early age, making trips with his father into the woods. He received drawing lessons for nine years in the Buchwald castle alongside Caroline von Riedesel. He became interested in botany with encouragement from Theodor Eisenmenger. At the age of twelve, Gerhardt had a herbarium of 200 species. He studied Latin from Pastor Haupt. Another influence was a teacher in Hermdorf named Pohl. Gerhard spent time from 1845 to 1847 studying the plants around Bunzlau (now Bolesławiec).
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