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EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795 – 1876)

EHRENBERG, Christian Gottfried (1795 – 1876)

1795 – 1876

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Eduard Radke, ca. 1855 · 19th century oil on canvas of Gottfried Christian Ehrenberg · Public domain

1830 CE

#11452

Organisation, Systematik und geographische Verhältniss der Infusionsthierchen. Zwei Vorträge, in der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin gehalten in den Jahren 1828 und 1830.

In this work Ehrenberg first published his classification of infusioria, including the naming of bacteria for the first time. The work published two papers based on his expeditions. The first, read on January 10, 1828…

1838 CE

#111

Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. 1 vol. and atlas of 64 hand-colored engraved plates.

In this monumental work in folio format Ehrenberg extended Otto Friedrich Müller’s bacteriological classification. Like Müller, he made no distinction between protozoa and bacteria, classing them both …