Sámuel Fenichel

Sámuel Fenichel (25 August 1868 – 12 March 1893) was a Hungarian naturalist, collector, and explorer who died after a very brief period of 14 months in Papua New Guinea.

He travelled to Dobrudja in Romania during which time he met Albert Grubauer, a German naturalist who was planning an expedition to New Guinea.

Fenichel showed interest, resigned from his post and joined Grubauer but with the understanding that he would obtain material for the Hungarian National Museum.

Grubauer left due to poor health but Fenichel stayed on collecting nearly 25000 specimens.

[2] Fenichel's collections including insects and objects of ethnographic interest are now in the Hungarian National Museum.