Oldřich Marek

Oldřich Marek (1911–1986) was a Czech entomologist and teacher, and a member of Czechoslovak entomological society in Prague since 1940.[1]

Oldřich Marek
Oldřich Marek
BornNovember 3, 1911
Ústí nad Orlicí, Austria-Hungary
DiedDecember 26, 1986
Žamberk, Czechoslovakia
EducationTeacher's Institute in Hradec Králové
OccupationTeacher

Life

Oldřich Marek was born on April 3, 1911 in Ústí nad Orlicí. He attended Primary school in Dolní Čermná and secondary school in Česká Třebová. After completing secondary school he left for Slovakia to become a primary school teacher in Smolník, Stakčín and Trnava.

During World War II (1938–1945) he was employed as a teacher in Slatina u Moravské Třebové, Litice nad Orlicí and Dolní Čermná. In 1941 he began teaching mathematics, physics, chemistry and natural science at secondary school. After military duties in 1945 he worked as a secondary school teacher in Žamberk until his retirement in 1971.

Work

He specialised in Coleoptera especially the family Nitidulidae. In this group he studied the world fauna describing many new genera and species.

  • Oldřich Marek and his wife Blažena, née Pravečková
  • Oldřich Marek at work with binocular microscope

Literature
  • Marek, O. & Jelínek, J. 1966. Two new Palaearctic species of the genus Meligethes Steph. (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 63: 453-458.
  • Marek, O. 1968. Nitiduliden-Fauna (Coleoptera) aus Liberia. Natura Jutlandica 14: 153-154.
  • Marek, O. 1969. Die Nitiduliden Fauna von Brasilien (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae), erster Teil. Papeis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia Sao Paulo 22: 153-157.
  • Marek, O. 1982. Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) of Brazil 2. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 26(3-4): 261-268.

References
  1. Vlaďka Šulcová (2015). "OLDŘICH MAREK, AN EMINENT CZECH ENTOMOLOGIST 3. 4. 1911 – 26. 12. 1986" (PDF). ORLICKÉ HORY A PODORLICKO (in Czech). 22/1-2. pp. 257–264. ISBN 978-80-86076-80-5. Retrieved 2018-01-02.


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