Jan Sztolcman

Jan Sztolcman (sometimes referred to as Jean Stanislaus Stolzmann) (19 November 1854, Warsaw – 28 April 1928, Warsaw) was a Polish ornithologist.

Jan Sztolcman

Biography

Beginning in 1872, Sztolcman studied zoology at the Imperial University of Warsaw. From 1875 to 1882, he collected zoological specimens in South America, primarily in Peru, and from 1882 to 1884, he lived and worked in Ecuador. He collected several hundred species of birds from South America, with some of the specimens being little known or entirely unknown to European ornithologists. In 1884, he returned to Warsaw, where in 1887 he was appointed director of the Branickich zoological museum.[1]

Eponyms

Taxa with the specific epithet of stolzmanni commemorate his name.[2] For example, two species of lizard are named in his honor: Liolaemus stolzmanni and Microlophus stolzmanni.[3]

Written works
Jan Sztolcman, Józef Siemiradzki and dog in Ecuador in 1883

Among Sztolcman's written works is a 1926 treatise on the European bison, titled Żubr, jego historia, obyczaje i przyszłość (The wisent, its history, behavior and future). Other significant works by Sztolcman are:

  • Ornitologia łowiecka (1905) – Ornithological hunting.
  • Wspomnienia z podróży (volumes 1, 2); (1912) – Memoirs of the journey.
  • Szkice ornitologiczne (1916) – Ornithological sketches.[4]

References
  1. Jan Sztolcman: myśliwy, który uratował żubra - Histmag.org. (biography). (in Polish).
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. 431 pp. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. ("stolzmanni ", p. 366).
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Stolzmann", p. 255).
  4. "List of published works copied from an equivalent article at the Polish Wikipedia".

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