Oskar Theodor
Oskar Theodor was an Israeli entomologist who specialized in Diptera, the order of flies.
1898 to 1987Research on DipteraMalaria research in HaifaParasitology in Jerusalem
- Born
- 3 October 1898, Königsberg
- Occupation
- entomologist, scientific collector
- Education
- University of Königsberg
- Wars
- World War I
Oskar Theodor was born in 1898 in Königsberg
Oskar Theodor was born on October 3, 1898, in Königsberg, East Prussia. The city is now Kaliningrad, Russia. During World War I he served for a year as an orderly in the Imperial German Army.
After the war he moved to Palestine. In 1921 he became an assistant in the health department of the Government of Palestine. In 1923 he moved to the Malaria Research Unit in Haifa.
In 1925 he joined the Department of Parasitology at the University of Jerusalem as an assistant. He stayed there for the rest of his career. In 1928 he went back to Königsberg for a short time and earned a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Königsberg.
He died in 1987.
Milestones in Oskar Theodor's life
- 1898
Born in Königsberg, East Prussia.
- 1921
Became an assistant in the Palestine government health department.
- 1923
Moved to the Malaria Research Unit in Haifa.
- 1925
Joined the Department of Parasitology at the University of Jerusalem.
- 1928
Completed a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Königsberg.
- 1987
Died.
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