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Oktawiusz Radoszkowski

Oktawiusz Radoszkowski is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Oktawiusz Radoszkowski rather than just read about it. In short: General Oktawiusz Wincenty Bourmeister-Radoszkowski (variously spelt as Radochkoowsky, Radoszkowski, Radoszkowsky etc. and in Polish sources as Oktavij Vikentij Burmejster-Radoškovski) (Russian: Октавий Иванович Радошковский; 7 August 1820 – 13 May 1895) was a Polish entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and worked in the Russian Empire. He was one of the founding members of the Russian Entomological Society.

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Reference excerpt

General Oktawiusz Wincenty Bourmeister-Radoszkowski (variously spelt as Radochkoowsky, Radoszkowski, Radoszkowsky etc. and in Polish sources as Oktavij Vikentij Burmejster-Radoškovski) (Russian: Октавий Иванович Радошковский; 7 August 1820 – 13 May 1895) was a Polish entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and worked in the Russian Empire. He was one of the founding members of the Russian Entomological Society. He published very many scientific papers describing new taxa and on the structure and taxonomic significance of the genitalia of Aculeate Hymenoptera.

Biography Radoshkovsky was born in Łomża in a noble family and was trained in the army, serving as an artillery officer who retired as a Lieutenant-General in 1879. He described numerous species of Chrysididae, many of which were collected by others such as Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko (1844–1873). He served as a president of the Russian Entomological Society from 1865 to 1866. He died in Warsaw. Most of his specimens, nearly 40000 at the time of transfer, finally went to the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow, Jagellonian University and the Zoological Museum of Moscow University.

Works Partial list (later works):

Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles Bombus. Bulletin de la Société impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 60: 51- (1884) Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles de Mutillides. Horae societatis entomologicae rossicae 19:3-49 (1885) Révision des armures copulatrices des mâles de la tribu des Chrysides. Horae soc. entom. ross. (1888/89) Genitalanhänge der Hymenopteren. Biol. Centralb. vol 9: 539 and 543-544 and vol 10: 221-222 (1889–91) Essai sur la classe des Sphégides d'après la structure des armures copulatrices, Bull soc impér des Nat de Moscou (1891)

References

Other sources Anonym 1896 [Radoszkowski, O. I. B.] Trudy Russk. ent. Obsc. v S. Peterburge 30I-VI, Portrait. Bogdanov, A. P. 1888 Materialy dlja istorii nautschnoj i prikladnoj d'jatel'nosti v Rossii po zoologii i soprikasajuschtschimsja s' neju otrasljam' znanija, priimuschtschestvenno za posl'dneje tridcatipjatil'tie (1850–1887g.) Materialien zur Geschichte der wissenschaftlichen und angewandten Tätigkeit in Russland in der Zoologie und der angerenzenden Wissensgebiete vorwiegend in den letzten fünfundreißig Jahren (1850–1887)Izv. imp. Obshch. Ljubit. Estest. Antrop. Etnogr. 55(=Zool. 3). Essig, E. O. 1931 A History of Entomology. New York, Macmillan Company : VI+1-1029 735-737, Portrait Medvedev, G. S. 2000 [Radoszkowski, O. I. B.] Trudy Russk. ent. Obsc. 716-22, Portrait. Pesenko, Yu. A. & Astafurova, Yu. V. 2003 Annotated Bibliography of Russian and Soviet Publications on the Bees 1771 - 2002 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; excluding Apis mellifera).Denisia 11 1-616, 532-533.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Oktawiusz Radoszkowski

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Oktawiusz Radoszkowski ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Oktawiusz Radoszkowski

In research: Oktawiusz Radoszkowski appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Oktawiusz Radoszkowski in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Oktawiusz Radoszkowski is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1820 births, 1895 deaths, Biologists from the Russian Empire, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Oktawiusz Radoszkowski outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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