Kálmán Kittenberger (Léva, 10 October 1881 - Nagymaros, 4 January 1958) was an Austro-Hungarian traveller, natural historian, biologist and collector. He was born in Léva, now in Slovakia (Levice). Kittenberger was born in a family with modest means. His father Imre Nándor Kittenberger was a shoemaker and his mother was Antónia Hangyási. He trained as a teacher in his hometown Léva and then in Budapest. While in Budapest he visited the National Museum regularly and learned the art of taxidermy. In 1902 he was forced to stop studies for pecuniary reasons and became a teacher in Tărlungeni. He r
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