Eduard Wilhelm Steinheil (1830 â 11 October 1879) (also known as Edoardo Steinheil) was a German entomologist and engineer.
He was born in 1830 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, to Carl August von Steinheil and Margarethe Amalie née Steinheil.
He worked for , 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.