Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
• Biografien osteuropäischer Ornithologen (28): András Keve (1909–1984), Bahnbrecher der modernen Feldornithologie und Faunistik in Ungarn sowie bedutendster Taxonom Mittelosteuropas, by Gábor Magyar & Uwe Alex. Ornithologische Mitteilungen 69 (11–12): pp.399–406 (2017) = here
As far as I know he's not commemorated in any Bird taxon. Though, he himself (together with miss Nicolette Sámuel) wrote a Paper in/on our particular Topic; Hungarian Ornithologists and Bird-Collectors Abroad and Overseas, published in Opuscula Zoologica (Budapest), 9 (2): pp.339-356 (1969), here (that might be of interest, for anyone curious on Eastern Europeans dittos).
He's also the Author (Auctor) of some Bird Taxa (as either Keve, Keve-Kleiner and/or just Kleiner), which makes "his" entry in Zoonomen a bit longer than usual:
This guy, and the Birds he described, has been dealt with earlier (in brief), now and then, in various BirdForum threads, see here.
Disclaimer; He isn't included in my MS, nor in my notes, thus I haven't checked him any further than the above.
As far as I know he's not commemorated in any Bird taxon. Though, he himself (together with miss Nicolette Sámuel) wrote a Paper in/on our particular Topic; Hungarian Ornithologists and Bird-Collectors Abroad and Overseas, published in Opuscula Zoologica (Budapest), 9 (2): pp.339-356 (1969), here (that might be of interest, for anyone curious on Eastern Europeans dittos).
He's also the Author (Auctor) of some Bird Taxa (as either Keve, Keve-Kleiner and/or just Kleiner), which makes "his" entry in Zoonomen a bit longer than usual:
Keve-Kleiner 1909-1984
Keve-Kleiner,András
b. 10 Nov. 1909 Budapest.
d. 30 Mar. 1984
Jiri Mlikovsy provides additional useful details (in litt. 2008.05.08)
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Here are a few comments on Keve/Kleiner. The man was a significant Hungarian ornithologist(living in 1909-1984). I do not know how exactly he was baptized, but he started to publish as "Kleiner", continuing as "Keve-Kleiner" and later as "Keve".
I was told by Ernst Bauernfeind (from the Wien Museum) that he changed his name for security reasons. "Kleiner" means "small, little" in German and it was dangerous to have a German name in the post-war Hungary. "Keve" means nothing in Hungarian, but "kevesebb" means "less, short", "kevesen" means "few in number", etc.
So I think "Keve" is an allusion of "Kleiner", though not an exact translation.
A bibliography of Hungarian ornithology (Budapest 1980) shows that Keve/Kleiner published under the following names:
Kleiner, Endre - in 1930-1942 (102 papers in all)
Keve-Kleiner, András - in 1943-1944 (17 papers are dated 1943, two papers are dated 1944)
Keve, András - in 1946-1979 (and perhaps later, but that period was not covered by the Bibliography).
The first name "Endre" is Hungarian, being equivalent to "András" (Hungarian), "Andreas" (in German) or "Andrew" (English). The reasons why Keve/Kleiner changed also his first name from one to another Hungarian version are unknown to me, but there was probably some period connotation of "Endre".
Keve/Kleiner used to translate his first name according to the language in which he wrote a paper, but only "Endre" and "András" were official.
An obituary of Keve/Kleiner was published here:
Jánossy, D. (1985) Dr. Keve András (1909-1984). - Aquila 92: 13-17.
(I do not have this volume at hand, so I could not consult the paper.
BTW: Its is written in Hungarian)
Note please that surname is written first in Hungarian, so "Keve András"
is used in Hungarian, while "András Keve" is used in most other languages
This guy, and the Birds he described, has been dealt with earlier (in brief), now and then, in various BirdForum threads, see here.
Disclaimer; He isn't included in my MS, nor in my notes, thus I haven't checked him any further than the above.
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To be continued ... (with the next publication in this series)
To be continued ... (with the next publication in this series)
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