Richard Hanitsch

Hanitsch was born at Grossenstein in Thuringia, Germany where his father Victor was a schoolmaster.

He also served as the Honorary Treasurer of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.

[1] Although Hanitsch’s principal research interest lay in entomology, particularly the roaches, he also worked on sponges, birds, amphibians, and mammals.

He made trips to collect in the region including one to Christmas Island with Henry Ridley in 1904.

[4] A 1978 postal stamp from Christmas Island commemorates him in a series on "famous visitors".