About Johann Marcusen
Lived 1817 – 1894 (aged 77). Johann Marcusen was a German ichthyologist, zoologist and physician.
Johann Marcusen (29 June 1817–10 July 1894) was a Baltic German ichthyologist.
Life and work Johann Marcusen was born in Jelgava in present-day Latvia. He studied in Saint Petersburg and Tartu. Between 1851 and 1854 he conducted scientific journeys to the Mediterranean Sea, Syria and Egypt. In 1854 he was made a professor, and worked as a professor of zoology in Odessa from 1858. After his retirement in 1873 he moved to Switzerland, where he spent the rest of his life.
The elephantfish genus Marcusenius is named after him.
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Who was Johann Marcusen?
German ichthyologist (1817-1894)
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Johann Marcusen was born on 29 June 1817.
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Johann Marcusen died on 10 July 1894 in Bern.
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Johann Marcusen was an ichthyologist, zoologist and physician.
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Johann Marcusen was German.
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