Eugen Korschelt

Eugen Korschelt
Born(1858-09-28)28 September 1858
Zittau, Saxony, Germany
Died28 December 1946(1946-12-28) (aged 88)
Marburg, Hesse, Germany
OccupationZoologist
Scientific career
FieldsComparative embryology

Eugen Korschelt (28 September 1858, in Zittau – 28 December 1946, in Marburg) was a German zoologist. He is known for his research in the field of comparative embryology and his work involving biological regeneration and transplantation.

He served as a lecturer at the Universities of Freiburg and Berlin. becoming a professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Marburg in 1892.[1] At Marburg, he succeeded Richard Greeff as director of the zoological institute, and twice served as university rector (1904/05, 1914/15). In 1912/13 he was president of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (German Zoological Society).[2]

Organisms with the specific epithet of korschelti are named after him, an example being the ribbon worm species Amphiporus korschelti.[3]

  1. ^ Die Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften: ihre Mitglieder und Preisträger by Werner Hartkopf
  2. ^ Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft Biologie Schule
  3. ^ Petymol Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. K