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Carl Gustav Carus

1789-01-03 – 1869-07-28

Portrait of Carl Gustav Carus
Portrait of Carl Gustav Caruslabel QS:Len,"Portrait of Carl Gustav Carus"Credit: Julius Hübner

Life & Legacy

Carl Gustav Carus (3 January 1789 – 28 July 1869) was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era. A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist, a psychologist, and a landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich.

Occupation & Career

botanist, painter, psychologist, anatomist, university teacher, philosopher, gynecologist, physician, draftsperson, landscape painter, naturalist, writer

Education

Leipzig University; Thomasschule zu Leipzig

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea; The studio window

Legacy Highlights

Employer

TU Dresden

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of Turin · Accademia delle Arti del Disegno · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium · Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences · Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities · Silesian Society for the Culture of the Fatherland

Notable Work

Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea · The studio window

Education & Institutions

Leipzig University · Thomasschule zu Leipzig

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q61987 — wikidata View source

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