KARL EDUARD VON See also:

• KARL EDUARD VON EICHWALD (1795-1876)

EICHWALD (1795-1876)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian geologist and physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MITAU (Russian, Mitava; Lettish, Yelgava)

Mitau in See also:

• COURLAND, or KURLAND

Courland on the 4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1795 . He became See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and See also:

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

professor of See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology in Kazan in 1823; four years later professor of zoology and See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy at See also:

• VILNA, or WILN0
• VILNA, or WILNO

Vilna; in 1838 professor of zoology, See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy and medicine at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg; and finally professor of palaeontology in the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute of mines in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . He travelled much in the Russian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and was a keen observer of its natural See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology . He died at St Petersburg on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1876 . His published See also:

• WORKS

works include Raise auf dem Caspischen Meere and in den See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, 2 vols . (See also:

• STUTTGART

Stuttgart and See also:

• TUBINGEN

Tubingen, 1834-1838) ; See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Urwelt Russ-lands (St Petersburg, 1840-1845); Lethaea Rossica, ou paleontologic de la Russie, 3 vols . (Stuttgart, 1852-1868), with Atlases .