Karl Schawerda
Austrian-Czech physician and entomologist (1869–1945)
Karl Schawerda (also Carl Schawerda; 4 February 1869 – 11 September 1945) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He devoted to researching moths, but also has significant as an author describing some of the new forms of Parnassius apollo Linnaeus, 1758.
Life
Schawerda was born in Újezd, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. His father was a railway engineer. After primary and secondary education he studied medicine at the University of Vienna, After graduation in 1894 a gynecologist for four years at the Krankenhaus St. Anna Kinderhospital in Vienna. Later he worked as a gynecologist and obstetrician in Vienna. In his practice he achieved the rank of "Obermedizinalrat" – "chief medical advisor.
He described several new species of moths. His collection of 50,000 specimens is mostly stored in Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.
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