Béla Hankó

Béla Hankó (July 5, 1886 – November 16, 1959) was a Hungarian zoologist who took a special interest in ichthyology and in the history of animal keeping in Hungary.

Hankó was born in Poprád to physician Artúr and Gizella Burger and after school he went to the University of Budapest where he received a doctorate in the humanities in 1910.

In 1925 he became a fish economics teacher at the Balaton biological station at Révfülöp.

[1][2] Hankó's major work was on the fishes, particularly of Asia Minor.

He took a special interest in the history of pets and domestic animals in Hungary and wrote a book on the subject in 1943.