Konstanty Tyzenhauz

Count
Konstanty Tyzenhauz
Lithograph c.1844
Born
Count Konstanty Tyzenhauz

(1786-06-03)3 June 1786
Żołudek, Belarus, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died16 March 1853(1853-03-16) (aged 66)
Pastavy, Belarus, Russian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Vilnius
Known forLarge zoological collection (with 1093 skins and 563 eggs)
Parents
  • Count Ignacy Tyzenhauz (father)
  • Maria Przezdziecka (mother)
FamilyTyzenhauz family
AwardsOfficer's Cross of the Legion of Honor (1813)
Scientific career
FieldsNaturalism, artist, and patron of ornithology
InstitutionsMuseum of Natural History, France

Count Konstanty Tyzenhauz (Lithuanian: Konstantinas Tyzenhauzas; 3 June 1786 – 16 March 1853) was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, naturalist, artist, and founder of ornithology in Poland and Lithuania. He made a large collection of eggs and bird skins at his estate in Pastavy (now in Belarus).

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