Name Albert Zerkowitz | ||
Born 13 January 1905
Budapest, Austria-Hungary ( 1905-01-13 ) Citizenship Austria-Hungary (1905 - 1939)
Stateless (1939-1942)
United States (1942-1964) Spouse Elisabeth ("Liesel") Victoria REIS Died 1964, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Albert Zerkowitz (13 January 1905– 1964) was an entomologist.
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Biography
Albert Zerkowitz was born on 13 January 1905 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary and was a Hungary citizen until 1 January 1939 when by action of his country he became stateless. From 1905 to 1925 he lived in Budapest and from 1925 to 1939 in Paris, before moving to Lisbon(Portugal), where he lived from 1939 until October 1941. He entered the United States at New York City on 14 October 1941 and became a U.S. citizen on 12 May 1947. He continued his passion for Lepidoptera. and eventually became a member of the Lepidopterists' Society in 1957.
He took part in the French resistance directing German military trains to wrong destinations, for which after the war he was decorated with the Légion d'Honneur.
He died 1964 in Paris, France.
Works
His main entomological work was his catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Portugal.