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Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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JOHANN FRIEDRICH ESCHSCHOLTZ (1793-1831), Russian traveller and naturalist, was born in November 1793, at Dorpat, where he died in May 1831. He was naturalist and physician to Otto von Kotzebue's exploring expedition during 1815-1818. On his return he was appointed extraordinary professor of anatomy (1819) and director of the zoological museum of the university at Dorpat (1822), and in1823-1826he accompanied Kotzebue on his second voyage of discovery. He became ordinary professor of anatomy at Dorpat in 1828. Among his publications were the System der Akalephen (1829), and the Zoologischer Atlas (1829-1833). The botanical genus Eschscholtzia was named by Adelbert von Chamisso in his honour.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​j/johann-friedrich-eschscholtz.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​j/johann-friedrich-eschscholtz.html. 1910.