Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl

Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a geologist and physicist who worked as the first head of telegraphy administration in Switzerland.

[1] In his spare time he was an entomologist who specialised in the orthopteroid insects (Orthoptera, Phasmida, Blattaria), and was also a botanist.Brunner von Wattenwyl was born in Bern, the son of Karl (1796–1867) and Klara Charlotte (1801-1895).

Carl studied natural sciences in Geneva, Bern and Berlin.

His collection was housed in 19 large cabinets with 25,000 acquisition numbers in a multi-volume catalogue.

He married Emilie Elise Karol (1831–1895) daughter of Karl Anton von Wattenwyl.