Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg

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Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg was a 19th-century German naturalist, zoologist, and microscopist renowned for pioneering work in microbiology and the study of microscopic organisms.

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instanceOf German person
human
microscopist
naturalist
scientist
zoologist
awardReceived Copley Medal
Leeuwenhoek Medal NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1795-04-19
dateOfDeath 1876-06-27
described numerous new species of microorganisms
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Leipzig
employer Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
familyName Ehrenberg NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork microbiology
microscopy
paleontology
protistology
zoology
givenName Christian
Gottfried NERFINISHED
hasAcademicAdvisor Martin Heinrich Klaproth NERFINISHED
hasStudent Ferdinand Cohn NERFINISHED
influenced development of microbiology
development of protist classification
influencedBy Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED
knownFor demonstrating geological importance of microorganisms
pioneering studies of microscopic organisms
research on infusoria
study of foraminifera
work on diatoms
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Leopoldina NERFINISHED
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
notableWork Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen NERFINISHED
occupation professor
participatedIn Egyptian expedition of 1820–1825 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Delitzsch NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Berlin
religion Lutheranism
sexOrGender male
studied fossil microorganisms
microscopic algae
protozoa
workLocation Berlin NERFINISHED

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Gastrotricha firstDescribedBy Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Bacillus namedBy Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg