Gustav Flor

Gustav Flor
File:Gustav Flor.jpg Gustav Flor
Born	13 August 1829 Vecsalaca, Governorate of Livonia (present-day Latvia)
Died	13 May 1883 Tartu, Governorate of Livonia (present-day Estonia)
Nationality	Baltic German
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	University of Tartu

Gustav August Adam Flor (13 August 1829, Vecsalaca (German: Alt-Salis), present-day Latvia – 13 May 1883 Tartu (German: Dorpat), present-day Estonia) was a Baltic German zoologist from Livonia.

Life and career

Flor studied medicine and natural science at the University of Dorpat, later becoming a professor of zoology. In 1860, he became director of the zoological cabinet, which he remained until his death in 1883 (the zoological cabinet was the predecessor of the Zoology Museum at the University of Tartu, where his 11,815-specimen entomological collection still resides).

He is best known for his studies of Hemiptera, especially the two-volume work Die Rhynchoten Livlands in systematischer Folge beschrieben ("The Hemiptera of Livonia, Described In Systematic Order").

Works

• Rhynchotorum Livonicorum descriptio Flor's 1856 thesis (Latin:"Description of Livonian Hemiptera")
• Die Rhynchoten Livlands in systematischer Folge beschrieben, v.1 (1860) (German)
• Die Rhynchoten Livlands in systematischer Folge beschrieben, v.2 (1861) (German)

See also

• List of Baltic German scientists