Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (4 February 1776, Bremen – 16 February 1837, Bremen) was a German physician, naturalist, and proto-evolutionary biologist.

For the German politician in the Weimar Republic, see Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (politician).
Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus
Born(1776-02-04)4 February 1776
Bremen, Germany
Died16 February 1837(1837-02-16) (aged 61)
Bremen, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forBiology, Transmutation of species
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Mathematics, Medicine
InstitutionsGerman Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Academic advisorsJohann Friedrich Blumenbach

His younger brother, Ludolph Christian Treviranus (1779–1864), was also a naturalist and botanist, and also a notable taxonomist and zoologist.

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