Family Father
Johann Jakob Bojanus
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q65459 · wikidata
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Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus
1776-07-16 – 1827-04-02
Life & Legacy
Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus Latinized as Ludovicus Henricus Bojanus (16 July 1776 – 2 April 1827) was a Franco-German physician, comparative anatomist, and naturalist who spent most of his active career teaching veterinary medicine at Vilnius University in Vilnius, then within the Russian Empire. His greatest work was a two-volume folio on the anatomy of the turtle Emys orbicularis published in 1819 and 1821. The Organ of Bojanus of molluscs is named after him. The Triassic mammal Lisowicia bojani was named in his honour in 2019.
Occupation & Career
physician, naturalist, zoologist, herpetologist, university teacher, veterinarian, malacologist
Education
University of Jena
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Imperial University of Vilna
Organizations & Memberships
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
University of Jena
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Sources & Provenance
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