János Balogh (biologist)

János Balogh (19 February 1913, Lonka, now Luh, Rakhiv District or Rayon, Ukraine – 15 August 2002, Budapest) was a Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor, a recipient of the Kossuth and Széchenyi Prizes, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

The native form of this personal name is Balogh János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Bust of János Balogh in Fasori Gimnázium, Budapest

He specialized in arachnology, and made major contributions to the knowledge of spiders and oribatid mites, as well as zoocenology, the study of animal communities.[1][2]

References
  1. Dózsa-Farkas, Klára (2003). "János Balogh's path of life" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 49: 299–301.
  2. Mahunka, Sándor (2003). "János Balogh the zoologist" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 49: 307-312-301.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.