Education
Leipzig University.
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Hermann Schaum
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He specialised in Coleoptera. Up until 1847, he worked as a general practitioner in Stettin, afterwards traveling to England, North America and Egypt, where he accumulated an impressive collection of insects. He later served as a professor of entomology at the University of Berlin.
On September 15, 1865, he died in Bonn from consequences of a stroke.
The beetle species Diochus schaumi is named after him.
Membership
Schaum was a Member of the Entomological Society of Stettin.
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Germany