Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be one of the most famous and productive scientists of his time.
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg | |
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Painting by Eduard Radke | |
| Born | 19 April 1795 Delitzsch, Saxony, Germany |
| Died | 27 June 1876 (aged 81) Berlin, Germany |
| Education | University of Leipzig, University of Berlin |
| Known for | Symbolae physicae |
| Spouses | Julie Rose, Karoline Friederike Friccius |
| Children | Four surviving daughters by first wife: Helene (married Johannes von Hanstein), Mathilde (married Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg), Laura and Clara Ehrenberg. One son by second wife: Hermann Alexander |
| Parent(s) | Johann Gottfried Ehrenberg and Christiane Dorothea Becker |
| Awards | Wollaston Medal (1839) Leeuwenhoek Medal (1877), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, foreign member of the Royal Society of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | naturalist |
| Institutions | University of Berlin |
| Notable students | Ferdinand Julius Cohn |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Ehrenb. |
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