Daniel Frederik Eschricht
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Daniel Frederik Eschricht (18 March 1798 – 22 February 1863) was a Danish zoologist, physiologist, and anatomist known as an authority on whales. He was born in Copenhagen, and studied medicine at Frederiks Hospital, graduating in 1822. He was a student of François Magendie in Paris from 1824-1825, composing a thesis on cranial nerves, after which he studied with prominent European naturalists including Georges Cuvier. He joined the University of Copenhagen in 1829, becoming Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in 1836.[1][2] The gray whale genus Eschrichtius was named for him a year after his death.[3][4]
References
- ^ Jørgensen, C. Barker (2005). Daniel Frederik Eschricht (1798-1863), Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801-1880): Danish Pioneers in Experimental Physiology. Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser. Vol. 92. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters. ISBN 978-87-7304-314-1.
- ^ "Daniel Frederick Eschricht, M.D., &c". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Zoology. 7: xli–xlii. 1864.
- ^ Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-8018-9533-3.
- ^ Tinker, Spencer Wilkie (1988). Whales of the World. Brill Archive. p. 271. ISBN 0-935848-47-9.
External links
Media related to Daniel Frederik Eschricht at Wikimedia Commons- Works by or about Daniel Frederik Eschricht at the Internet Archive
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