Stanisław Błeszyński | |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1927 |
Birth Place: | Kraków, Poland |
Death Place: | Bonn, Germany |
Nationality: | Polish |
Field: | Entomology |
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Stanisław Błeszyński (13 August 1927 – 24 December 1969) was a Polish entomologist and lepidopterist specializing in Crambidae, the grass moths.
Błeszyński worked at the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences beginning in 1945. He headed the Laboratory of Insects (later Laboratory of Invertebrates) there from 1958 until 1967. He then moved to Germany, where he worked at the Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn.[1]
Stanislaw Bleszynski died in a car crash on Dec. 24th 1969 near Bonn, Germany.