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Feb 03, 1866 Prague, Czech Republic Died on 03 Dec 1942 (aged 76)
German entomologist
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About Wilhelm Junk
- Wilhelm Junk (3 February 1866, Prague – 3 December 1942, Den Haag) was a noted Czech antiquarian bookseller in the field of natural history, and an entomologist. Wilhelm Junk established his book dealership "Antiquariaat Junk", in 1899 in Berlin.
- He soon became the leading dealer in works on natural history in Europe.
- Junk also edited and published reference works notably Lepidopterorum Catalogus edited by Embrik Strand and Coleopterorum Catalogus edited by Junk himself and Sigmund Schenkling.
- A Jewish refugee, he moved his shop to Den Haag in the 1930s.
- He sold his business to Rudolph Schierenberg in 1935.
- It still operates as "Antiquariaat Junk". He was a Doctor of Philosophy honoris causae, an honour conferred by the Humboldt University of Berlin.
