Carl Friedrich Höge

Carl Friedrich Höge (1834–1908), also written Carl Frederik Hoege, was a German photographer and entomologist.

Biography
Höge was born in Hamburg, Germany on 2 July 1834.

His first job was as a confectioner before becoming a professional photographer. He made entomological collections in Lapland and three collecting trips to Mexico (1879–1880, 1885–1886 and 1896). Höge's trips to Mexico were made on behalf of his friend, the banker and entomologist Julius Flohr (1837–1896).

Höge died in Hamburg on 23 January 1908.

Entomology
Höge is credited as one of the entomologists whose Coleoptera material was used for Frederick Godman and Osbert Salvin's project Biologia Centrali-Americana—the beetles Höge had collected in Mexico were worked on by Henry Walter Bates.

The Mexican Carabinae beetle subspecies Calosoma digueti hoegei Breuning, 1928 was named in honour of Höge.



Photography
Höge had a photography studio at 28 Alter Wandrahm, Hamburg, as can be seen from the address printed on a Höge cabinet card (collection of the British Museum). In 1886, Höge's photography business was based at 41 Schäferkampsallee, Hamburg.