Carl Johan Schönherr was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils.
Background
Born in Stockholm, Schönherr was son of a German immigrant who had established himself as a silk manufacturer. At the age of nineteen, he took over the business together with his mother and developed it into a considerable size, with about 200 workers.
Career
He was an eminent coleopterist co-operating with Carl Henrik Boheman and Leonard Gyllenhaal. Schönherr wrote Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae,specie novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman.
Et entomologis aliis illustratae.
Paris, Roret. (1833-1845) in which many new species were described.
Membership
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Schönherr was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1809.