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Walther Hermann Richard Horn

Walther Horn
Born (1871-10-19)19 October 1871
Berlin, Germany
Died 10 July 1939(1939-07-10) (aged 67)
Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Scientific career
Fields Entomology
Institutions German Entomological Institute

Walther Hermann Richard Horn (19 October 1871 – 10 July 1939) was a German entomologist who specialised in beetles (Coleoptera). He was born in Berlin, where he also died. He is not to be confused with the American entomologist George Henry Horn, another entomologist that studied Coleoptera.

Walther Horn was first a physician then Director of the German Entomological Institute.

Horn's collection World Cicindelidae including larvae Larven and general Coleoptera collections (North Africa (1896), Ceylon (1899), North and South America (1902) and Persian Gulf (1926) are conserved in the German Entomological Institute.


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