PROCEEDINGS 



OF THK 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 

 Fourth Series 



Vol. VIII, No. 2, pp. 27-34, pi. 2 



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IN MEMORIAM : CARL FUCHS 

 Born November 24, 1839— Died June 13, 1914 



Carl Fuchs, well known as an entomologist, founder of the 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society and the Pacific Coast Ento- 

 mological Society, died on June 11, 1914, at his home in Ala- 

 meda, California, at the good age of 74 years, 6 months and 

 17 days. He was a native of Hanan, Frankfurt-am-Main, 

 Germany, where he was born on November 24, 1839. His 

 remains were cremated in Oakland, California, at 2:30 p. m., 

 June 13, 1914. 



Mr. Fuchs attended grammar school in his native town 

 until his fourteenth year, and from his very boyhood he had 

 a great love for, and interest in, beetles and butterflies. 



In 1853 he started to learn the trade of engraver and 

 his apprenticeship lasted six years, still following in his spare 

 time his hobby for insects. 



It was in 1859 that he went as a first-class worker in his 

 profession to Paris, France, where he remained for five years, 

 and then he went to Madrid, Spain, for ajiother year. 



The year 1865 found him in the United States, and after 

 one year with Tiffany's in New York, he opened his own busi- 

 ness in the same city with two assistants and soon enjoyed 

 a great reputation as an engraver and chaser. His work was 

 always of the highest order. 



June 17. 1918 



