Carl Attems

Carl August Graf Attems-Petzenstein (13 October 1868 in Graz, Austria 19 April 1952 in Vienna) was an Austrian myriapodologist and invertebrate zoologist. He published 138 scientific papers, most of them dealing with his specialist field, the myriapods. He described about 1800 new species and subspecies from all over the world.

Carl Attems
Born(1868-10-13)13 October 1868
Graz, Austria
Died19 April 1952(1952-04-19) (aged 83)
Vienna
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
SpouseEmma von Montbach
Scientific career
FieldsMyriapodology, Invertebrate zoology
InstitutionsNaturhistorisches Museum (Vienna)
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