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Rudolph Bergh | |
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 Engraving by Peder Severin Krøyer, 1894 | |
| Born | 15 October 1824 |
| Died | 20 July 1909 (aged 84) |
| Education | Det von Westenske Institut, Copenhagen |
| Known for | Leading expert on nudibranchs; sexually transmitted diseases |
| Children | At least one, Rudolph Sophus Bergh |
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| Awards | Knighthood of the Third Class Order of Order of the Dannebrog; Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine and malacology |
| Institutions | Almindeligt Hospital, Copenhagen; Vestre Hospital, Copenhagen |
Rudolph Bergh (15 October 1824 – 20 July 1909), full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen.
As a doctor his speciality was sexually transmitted diseases. In Copenhagen a hospital and a street are named after him.
Bergh was also an active malacologist, i.e. a zoologist who studies molluscs, in particular the nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropods. He had well over 90 publications in this field and took part in a scientific expedition to Indonesia. He named and described numerous species of nudibranchs.