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Daniel Frederik Eschricht

1798–1863

Danish physiologist and zoologist. Professor of physiology, University of Copenhagen, from 1830; of physiology and anatomy, from 1832. Specialised in comparative anatomy and embryology.

Sources

DBL

Tort 1996.

Bibliography

DBL: Dansk biografisk leksikon. Founded by Carl Frederick Bricka, edited by Povl Engelstoft and Svend Dahl. 26 vols. and supplement. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz. 1933–44. 3d edition. Edited by Sv. Cedergreen Bech. 16 vols. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. 1979–84.

Tort, Patrick. 1996. Dictionnaire du Darwinisme et de l’evolution. 3 vols. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

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