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Carl Chun, the Glossary

Carl Chun or Karl Friedrich Gustav Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist who worked as a professor at the University of Königsberg (1883), Breslau (1891) and at Leipzig (1898).^[1]

39 relations: Alexander Agassiz, Andreas Daum, Anton Dohrn, Biologist, Bouvet Island, Carl Vogt, Cephalopod, Challenger expedition, Cothenius Medal, Diel vertical migration, Ernst Pringsheim Jr., Frankfurt, Fritz Noll, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Höchst (Frankfurt am Main), Hermann Theodor Geyler, Jena, John Murray (oceanographer), Karl von Fritsch, Königsberg, Kerguelen Islands, Leipzig, Leipzig University, Lily Pringsheim, Mediterranean Sea, Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Otto zur Strassen, Pelagic zone, Plankton, Privatdozent, Rudolf Leuckart, Schizopoda, SS Valdivia (1886), University of Göttingen, University of Königsberg, University of Wrocław, Valdivia Expedition, Vampire squid, Wrocław.
19th-century German biologists
German malacologists
German marine biologists

Alexander Agassiz

Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.

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Andreas Daum

Andreas W. Daum is a German-American historian who specializes in modern German and transatlantic history, as well as the history of knowledge and global exploration.

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Anton Dohrn

Felix Anton Dohrn FRS FRSE (29 December 1840 – 26 September 1909) was a prominent German Darwinist and the founder and first director of the first zoological research station in the world, the Stazione Zoologica in Naples, Italy. Carl Chun and Anton Dohrn are German marine biologists.

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Biologist

A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology.

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Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island is an uninhabited island and dependency of Norway.

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Carl Vogt

August Christoph Carl Vogt (5 July 18175 May 1895) was a German scientist, philosopher, popularizer of science, and politician who emigrated to Switzerland.

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Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural κεφαλόποδες,; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus.

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Challenger expedition

The Challenger expedition of 1872–1876 was a scientific programme that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography.

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Cothenius Medal

Cothenius Medal is a medal awarded by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (known as the Leopoldina) for outstanding scientific achievement during the life of the awardee.

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Diel vertical migration

Diel vertical migration (DVM), also known as diurnal vertical migration, is a pattern of movement used by some organisms, such as copepods, living in the ocean and in lakes.

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Ernst Pringsheim Jr.

Ernst Pringsheim Jr. or Ernst Georg Pringsheim (October 26, 1881 in Breslau, Lower Silesia – December 26, 1970 in Hannover) was a German Natural scientist and plant physiology.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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Fritz Noll

Fritz Noll (27 August 1858 in Frankfurt am Main – 19 June 1908) was a German botanist who made contributions in the field of plant physiology. Carl Chun and Fritz Noll are scientists from Frankfurt.

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German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale).

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Höchst (Frankfurt am Main)

Höchst is a neighbourhood and market town in the Ortsbezirk of Frankfurt-West in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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Hermann Theodor Geyler

Hermann Theodor Geyler (15 January 1835 at Schwarzbach – 22 March 1889 at Frankfurt-am-Main) was a German botanist, specializing in paleobotany.

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Jena

Jena is a city in Germany and the second largest city in Thuringia.

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John Murray (oceanographer)

Sir John Murray (3 March 1841 – 16 March 1914) was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist.

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Karl von Fritsch

Karl Wilhelm Georg von Fritsch (11 November 1838, in Weimar – 9 January 1906) was a German geologist and paleontologist.

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Königsberg

Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.

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Kerguelen Islands

The Kerguelen Islands (or; in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel Kerguelen), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large igneous province mostly submerged in the southern Indian Ocean.

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Leipzig

Leipzig (Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony.

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Leipzig University

Leipzig University (Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany.

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Lily Pringsheim

Lily Pringsheim (born Lily Chun: 7 February 1887 – 28 September 1954) was a German politician (SPD).

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Naturmuseum Senckenberg

The Naturmuseum Senckenberg is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main.

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Otto zur Strassen

Otto Karl Ladislaus zur Strassen (9 May 1869, in Berlin – 21 April 1961, in Oberstedten) was a German zoologist. Carl Chun and Otto zur Strassen are academic staff of Leipzig University.

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Pelagic zone

The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean and can be further divided into regions by depth.

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Plankton

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).

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Privatdozent

Privatdozent (for men) or Privatdozentin (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualifications that denote an ability (facultas docendi) and permission to teach (venia legendi) a designated subject at the highest level.

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Rudolf Leuckart

Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (7 October 1822 – 22 February 1898) was a German zoologist born in Helmstedt. Carl Chun and Rudolf Leuckart are academic staff of Leipzig University.

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Schizopoda

Schizopoda is a former taxonomical classification of a division of the class Malacostraca.

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SS Valdivia (1886)

SS Valdivia was a passenger ship that was built in England and launched in 1886 as Tijuca.

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University of Göttingen

The University of Göttingen, officially the Georg August University of Göttingen, (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, commonly referred to as Georgia Augusta) is a distinguished public research university in the city of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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University of Königsberg

The University of Königsberg (Albertus-Universität Königsberg) was the university of Königsberg in Duchy of Prussia, which was a fief of Poland.

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University of Wrocław

The University of Wrocław (Uniwersytet Wrocławski, UWr; Universitas Wratislaviensis) is a public research university in Wrocław, Poland.

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Valdivia Expedition

The Valdivia Expedition, or Deutsche Tiefsee-Expedition (German Deep Sea Expedition), was a scientific expedition organised and funded by the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II and was named after the ship which was bought and outfitted for the expedition, the SS ''Valdivia''.

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Vampire squid

The vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, lit. 'vampire squid from hell') is a small cephalopod found throughout temperate and tropical oceans in extreme deep sea conditions.

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Wrocław

Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Chun

Also known as Karl Chun, Karl Friedrich Gustav Chun.

Carl Chun, the Glossary

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See also

19th-century German biologists

German malacologists

German marine biologists

References