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Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg was a German naturalist, zoologist, botanist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. He was one of the most productive and renowned scientists of his time and a friend of the famous explorer Alexander von Humboldt. As a professor of medicine at the University of Berlin he was primarily interested in biology, naturalist studies and microscopy. His studies…
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science · German biologist (1795–1876) · biologist · paleontologist · zoologist · naturalist · botanist · university teacher · mycologist · entomologist · anatomist · phycologist · also Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Ehrenb., Ehrenberg, C. G. Ehrenberg
Born 19 April 1795 · Died 27 June 1876 · Q76549
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1998· 1 entry
The Linnean Society of London dedicated a special issue to "Christian Gottfried Ehrenburg (1795–1876): The man and his legacy"
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1877· 1 entry
Won Leeuwenhoek Medal (1877).
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1876· 2 entries
Died 1876-06-27.
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His collections of microscopic organisms were deposited in the Berlin's Natural History Museum (this museum was a part of the University of Berlin until it left the university in 2009)
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1853· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1853).
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1852· 1 entry
Ehrenberg married his second wife, Karoline Friederike Friccius (1812–95), who was related to the chemist Eilhard Mitscherlich
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1839· 2 entries
Won Wollaston Medal (1839).
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Won the Wollaston Medal, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London
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1837· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1837).
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1829· 1 entry
Into Russia along with others including Alexander von Humboldt and Gustav Rose, (who was the brother of Heinrich Rose)
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1827· 1 entry
Was appointed professor of medicine at Berlin University
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1818· 2 entries
With a dissertation on fungi Sylvae mycologicae Berolinenses
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Was made member of the Leopoldina Academy
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1795· 1 entry
Born 1795-04-19.
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