See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED See also:

• CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED EHRENBERG (1795-1876)

EHRENBERG (1795-1876)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DELITZSCH
• DELITZSCH, FRANZ (1813–1890)

Delitzsch in See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony on the 19th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1795 . After studying at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, where he took the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine in 1818, he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of medicine in the university of Berlin (1827) . Mean-while in 1820 he was engaged in a scientific exploration conducted by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General von Minutoli in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . They investigated parts of the Libyan See also:

• DESERT

desert, the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile valley and the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coasts of the Red See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea, where See also:

• EHRENBERG, CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED (1795-1876)

Ehrenberg made a See also:

• SPECIAL

special study of the See also:

• CORALS (KoRAis), ADAMANTIOS [in French, DIAMANT CORAY] (1748–1833)

corals . Subsequently parts of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia and See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia were examined . Some results of these travels and of the important collections that had been made were reported on by See also:

• HUMBOLDT, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH ALEXANDER, BARON
• HUMBOLDT, KARL WILHELM VON (1767-1835)

Humboldt in 1826; and afterwards Ehrenberg was enabled to bring out two volumes Symbclae physicae (1828-1834), in which many particulars of the mammals, birds, See also:

• INSECTS

insects, &c., were made public . Other observations were communicated to scientific See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies . In 1829 he accompanied Humboldt through eastern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia to the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese frontier . On his return he gave his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to microscopical researches . These had an important bearing on some of the infusorial earths used for polishing and other economic purposes; they added, moreover, largely to our knowledge of the microscopic organisms of certain See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological formations, especially of the See also:

• CHALK

chalk, and of the See also:

• MODERN

modern marine and See also:

• FRESHWATER

freshwater accumulations . Until Ehrenberg took up the study it was not known that considerable masses of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock were composed of See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute forms of animals or See also:

• PLANTS

plants . He demonstrated also that the See also:

• PHOSPHORESCENCE

phosphorescence of the sea was due to organisms .

He continued until See also:

• LATE

late in See also:

• LIFE

life to investigate the microscopic See also:

• ORGAN

organ-isms of the deep sea and of various geological formations . He died in Berlin on the 27th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1876 .