Bernard Benesh

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Bernard Benesh (17 August 1891 in Graben – 17 September 1964 in Burrville in Morgan County, Tennessee) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lucanidae.

Benesh immigrated to the United States in 1909. He first lived in Chicago where he worked in a steel mill. He served in the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Regiment, rose to the rank of Sergeant, and left after the end of World War I. Later, in poor health, he retired and moved to Burrville, in Morgan County, Tennessee. He collaborated with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago where his collection is preserved. Benesh published numerous papers between 1932 and 1960 and in 1960 he published Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 8: Lucanidae. W. Junk, Gravenhage, Netherlands. 178 pp. a World catalogue of the 800 or so species.

External links

Bernard Benesh at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Benesh, Bernard
Alternative names
Short description	Slovian-born American entomologist
Date of birth	17 August 1891
Place of birth	Graben, Slovenia
Date of death	17 September 1964
Place of death	Burrville, Morgan County, Tennessee (not the one renamed Clinton Tennessee)

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