Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil
Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil (1830 – 11 October 1879) (also known as Edoardo Steinheil) was a German entomologist and engineer. Life. He was born in 1830 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, to Carl August von Steinheil and Margarethe Amalie née Steinheil. He worked for , an optical-astronomical company founded in 1854 by his father. He made multiple trips to Colombia to research beetles there. He died on 11 October 1879 in Colombia due to sunstroke.