Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil

Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil (1830 – 11 October 1879 ) (also known as Edoardo Steinheil) was a German entomologist and engineer.

Life
He was born in 1830 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, to Carl August von Steinheil and Margarethe Amalie née Steinheil.

He worked for C. A. Steinheil & Söhne, an optical-astronomical company founded in 1854 by his father.

He made multiple trips to Colombia to research beetles there.

He died on 11 October 1879 in Colombia due to sunstroke.