Caspar Friedrich Wolff
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Caspar Friedrich Wolff was an 18th-century German physiologist and embryologist regarded as a founder of modern embryology for his work on developmental biology and the theory of epigenesis.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caspar Friedrich Wolff canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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embryologist ⓘ human ⓘ physiologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in medicine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Prussia
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surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| dateOfBirth | 1734-01-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1794-02-22 ⓘ |
| describedAs | founder of modern embryology ⓘ |
| doctoralThesis | Theoria generationis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisPublicationYear | 1759 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Göttingen
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University of Halle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
developmental biology
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embryology ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| givenName |
Caspar
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Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBibliographyItem |
De formatione intestinorum (1768)
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Theoria generationis (1759) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Karl Ernst von Baer
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modern developmental biology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Imperial Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational work in modern embryology
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studies of organ formation in embryos ⓘ theory of epigenesis ⓘ |
| occupation |
embryologist
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physiologist ⓘ |
| opposedTheory | preformationism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Berlin
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| placeOfDeath |
Russian Empire
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Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
development of chick embryos
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formation of organs from undifferentiated tissue ⓘ |
| theoryDeveloped | epigenesis in embryonic development ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Halle
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Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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