Samuel Peter Schilling

Samuel Peter Schilling
Born (1773-04-10)10 April 1773
Juliusburg, Germany
Died 15 December 1852(1852-12-15) (aged 79)
Breslau, Poland
Nationality German
Fields Entomology
Known for Entomology

Samuel Peter Schilling (10 April 1773 - 15 December 1852) was a German entomologist.

Biography

After attending school in Hirschberg he studied Theology in Halle until 1795, followed by Philology. Between 1795 and 1797 he was a teacher at the Pensions-Anstalt of Wrocław. In 1798 he taught natural history at the Mary Magdalene School in Breslau before retiring in 1843.

During his time as a teacher, he published magazines and books for the general education of children and young people.

In his free time, Schilling studied the insect fauna of his homeland. He was a member of the Association of entomology in the Silesian Society (Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur) where he published a number of his scientific contributions.

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