Franz Martin Hilgendorf
Franz Martin Hilgendorf (5 December 1839 – 5 July 1904) was a German zoologist and paleontologist. Hilgendorf's research on fossil snails from the Steinheim crater in the early 1860s became a palaeontological evidence for the theory of evolution published by Charles Darwin in 1859.
Franz Martin Hilgendorf | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 December 1839 |
| Died | 5 July 1904 (aged 64) |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | discovery of evolution in snails |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | zoologist and paleontologist |
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