Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 102. (Budapest 2010)

Papp, J.: In memoriam Dr Henrik Steinmann (1932–2009)

In memóriám Dr Henrik Steinmann (1932-2009) 9 zoologists of his time. He was the very first authority whose World Monograph on an entomological order was published in four volumes in the renowned Das Tierwelt I The Animal Kingdom series, as mentioned above. His merits were recognised - while Hungarian zoological circles seem to have failed to become aware of its actual value yet. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences recognised his work of international significance by awarding him the Chairman's Prize and the "Nivo" Prize. In 1987 he was presented with the title of the Doctor of Biological Sciences. To the detriment of the Hungarian entomology, he left the Department of Zoology in 1987 and joined the Hungarian Post Co.'s Publishing House that issued specialist books. His move was motivated by a need to provide for his family: That was how he wanted to complement his active years' income, and even more so, to create a more solid foundation for his years of retirement. His family life was always exemplary. He got married in 1958: his 51-year long married life with his wile, VlLMI, remained unclouded and characterized by a never-ending loyalty and love throughout their common life that was spent in their garden-enclosed family house in Kispest (a district of Budapest). They brought up GYÖRGYI, their only daughter, with touching parental care. HENRIK STEINMANN, the husband and father, can serve as a role model for how to build a family. His excellent skills of coping with the technical problems around the house just made his private life richer. It was he himself who performed most of the electrical fittings around his dwelling and holiday home. He would often talk about his "preference for wood-work": He built his self-designed timber house together with his father, and he himself prepared the wood panelling of his holiday home at Lake Balaton. Nor was a helping hand needed for the wooden frame in his home library. He was an able welder, too: The metal fence of his holiday home as well as the metal awning above the main entrance do credit to his welding skills. Nor would he rely on anyone when it came to fixing minor defects in his car. The garden ot his Kispest house offered a lot of different annual and perennial plants to regale our eyes. Visitors to his home had the pleasure admire his parrot and cockatoo farm (needless to say that he prepared the aviaries himself). In his garden and in fish tanks he kept a number of colourful fish species of bizarre shapes. No help had to be solicited either when it came to binding books for his library. He would often take motor tours with his family all over Europe. They would almost Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 102, 2010