Wilhelm Junk

Who was Wilhelm Junk?

Wilhelm Junk was a Czech natural history, bibliographer bookseller and entomologist.

Wilhelm Junk established his book dealership "Antiquariaat Junk", in 1899 in Berlin. He soon became the leading dealer in works on natural history in Europe. Junk also edited and published reference works notably Lepidopterorum Catalogus edited by Embrik Strand and Coleopterorum Catalogus edited by Junk himself and Sigmund Schenkling.A jewish refugee, he moved his shop to Den Haag in the 1930s.He sold his business to Rudolph Schierenberg in 1935.It still operates as "Antiquariaat Junk",

He was a Doctor of Philosophy Honoris causae an honour conferred by the Humboldt University of Berlin.