Rudolf Leuckart
Affiliations: | 1850-1869 | Ludwigs-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Hessen, Germany | |
1869-1898 | Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany |
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"Rudolf Leuckart"Bio:
(1822 - 1898)
Querner, Hans, „Leuckart, Rudolf“, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 14 (1985), S. 372 f. [Onlinefassung]
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unigeschichte/professorenkatalog/leipzig/Leuckart_1271/
Leuckart, Rudolf, De monstris eorumque caussis et ortu, Prize essay (1845), available online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Leuckart, Rudolf, Über die Morphologie und die Verwandschaftsverhältnisse der wirbellosen Thiere, Habilitationsschrift, 1848
AKA Rudolph Leukart (From wikipedia)
Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (October 7, 1822 - February 6, 1898) was a German zoologist who was born in Halmstedt. After earning his degree from the University of Göttingen he went on a scientific expedition to the North Sea to study marine invertebrates. He later was a professor of zoology at the University of Giessen (1850) and the University of Leipzig (1869).
Leuckart is remembered for his work in parasitology, particularly his research regarding tapeworm and trichinosis. He was the first to prove that Taenia saginata occurs only in cattle, and Taenia solium occurs only in swine. His study of Trichina helped support Rudolf Virchow's campaign to create meat inspection laws in Germany.
Leuckart split George Cuvier's Radiata into two phylum; Coelenterata and Echinodermata. He is also credited for the classification of Metazoa. His excellent descriptions of morphologic details gave credence to the idea that zoological evolution can be learned through its anatomical changes. Between 1877 and 1892, Leuckart developed a series of scientific wall charts; these charts have been used worldwide as teaching aids. Today the "Rudolf-Leuckart-Medaille" is an annual award for research in parasitology by the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Parasitologie (German Society of Parasitology).
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Rudolf Wagner | post-doc | 1848 | Universität Göttingen | |
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Wernher A, Leuckart R, Vogt B. (1867) Einladung zu der 39. Versammlung deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte Archiv FüR Pathologische Anatomie Und Physiologie Und FüR Klinische Medicin. 30: 479-480 |