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Karl Wilhelm Kupffer

1829–1902

German anatomist. Studied medicine at the University of Dorpat (now Tartu), 1849–54; professor extraordinarius, 1858. Professor, histology and anatomy, University of Kiel, 1867; vice-chancellor, 1872–4. Taught anatomy, comparative anatomy, and history of evolution in Königsberg (Kaliningred), 1876–80. Professor, University of Munich, 1880–1901; vice-chancellor, 1896–7. Co-founder of the comparative history of evolution.

Source

DBE.

Bibliography

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

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