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Karl Eichwald

1795-07-04 – 1876-11-10

Portrait of Karl Eichwald
Genre/Technique: Portrait prints. Lithographs. Suject name: Eichwald, Carl Eduard, 1649-1690.Credit: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0001746.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-27): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m2sp5bkb CC-BY-4.0

Life & Legacy

Karl Eduard von Eichwald known as Karl Eichwald (Russian: Эдуард Иванович Эйхвальд, Eduard Ivanovich Eykhvald; 4 July 1795, in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia – 10 November 1876, in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist, physician, and naturalist, who lived his whole life in the Russian Empire.

Occupation & Career

explorer, paleontologist, zoologist, writer, botanist, physician, entomologist, naturalist, geologist, university teacher, botanical collector

Education

Vilnius University

Legacy Highlights

Employer

Imperial University of Dorpat · Kazan Imperial University · S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy · Saint Petersburg Mining University · Vilnius University

Organizations & Memberships

Academy of Sciences of Turin · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences · Wileńska Komisja Archeologiczna

Education & Institutions

Vilnius University

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q529126 — wikidata View source

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