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Karl Michahelles

1807 – 1834

German zoologist and physician

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Lived 1807 – 1834 (aged 26–27). Karl Michahelles was a German ornithologist, zoologist, zoological collector, physician, herpetologist and naturalist.

Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm Michahelles (5 May 1807, Nuremberg – 15 August 1834, Nauplia) was a German zoologist and physician originally from Bavaria.

From 1827, he studied medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he made the acquaintance of naturalist Lorenz Oken. In 1831, he received his doctorate of medicine and surgery with the thesis Das Malo Di Scarlievo in Historischer Und Pathologischer Hinsicht.

Michahelles travelled extensively in Dalmatia, Illyria and Croatia, becoming well known for his study of the birds of the area. He died after being affected with dysentery in Greece, aged only 27, where he went to practice medicine and study the wildlife. ladder snake and the Iberian ribbed newt. The yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) was named after him by Johann Friedrich Naumann.

Publications Ueber einige dalmatinische Vertebraten. in: Isis, 1830. p. 809—820. Neue südeuropäische Amphibien. In: Isis von Oken, XXIII, Leipzig 1830, S. 189–195, S. 806–809.

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Born
1807, Nuremberg
Birth century
Died
1834
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Education
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Also known as
Michahelles, Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm Michahelles, K. Michahelles, G. C. K. W. Michahelles

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German zoologist and physician (1807-1834)

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Karl Michahelles was born in 1807 in Nuremberg.

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Karl Michahelles died in 1834.

What was Karl Michahelles's occupation?

Karl Michahelles was an ornithologist, zoologist, zoological collector, physician, herpetologist and naturalist.

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Karl Michahelles was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Karl Michahelles

· Wikidata: Q91515

· DBpedia: Karl Michahelles

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