Georg August Goldfuss

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Georg August Goldfuß
Georg August Goldfuß; by Adolf Hohneck (1841)
Born(1782-04-18)18 April 1782
Died2 October 1848(1848-10-02) (aged 66)
Illustration of class Protozoa, order Infusoria, family Monades by Goldfuß

Georg August Goldfuß ( 18 April 1782 – 2 October 1848) was a

botanist
.

Goldfuß was born at

sponges, corals, crinoids, echinoderms and part of the mollusca had been figured.[1] A collection of Goldfuß' botanical specimens are housed at Bonn University.[2]

Goldfuß died in Bonn.[1]

In 1820, he coined the word protozoa to refer to single-celled organisms such as ciliates.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
  2. ^ "HUH entry for George August Goldfuss". Index of Botanists. Harvard University Herbarium. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  3. PMID 10943416. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 14 June 2011.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Goldfuss.

Attribution:

Literature

  • Georg Uschmann (1964), "Goldfuß, August", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 605–605
  • Wolfhart Langer: Georg August Goldfuß - Ein biographischer Beitrag in: Bonner Geschichtsblätter, Band 23/1969, S. 229-243

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