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JOHANN JAKOB KAUP (1803-1873)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 700 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAKOB See also:KAUP (1803-1873)  , See also:German naturalist, was See also:born at See also:Darmstadt on the loth of See also:April 1803 . After studying at See also:Gottingen and See also:Heidelberg he spent two years at See also:Leiden, where his See also:attention was specially devoted to the amphibians and fishes . He then returned to Darmstadt as an assistant in the See also:grand ducal museum„ of which in 184o he became inspector . In 1829 he published Skizze zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der europdischen Thierwelt, in which he regarded the See also:animal See also:world as See also:developed from See also:lower to higher forms, from the amphibians through the birds to the beasts of See also:prey; but subsequently he repudiated this See also:work as a youthful indiscretion, and on the publication of See also:Darwin's Origin of See also:Species he declared himself against its doctrines . The extensive fossil deposits in the neighbourhood of Darmstadt gave him ample opportunities for palaeontological inquiries, and he gained considerable reputation by his Beitrdge zur ndheren Kenntniss der urweltlichen Sdugethiere (1855–1862) . He also wrote See also:Classification der Sdugethiere und See also:Vogel (1844), and, with H . G . See also:Brown (1800–1862) of Heidelberg, See also:Die Gavial-artigen Reste aus dem See also:Lias (1842–1844) . He died at Darmstadt on the 4th of See also:July 1873 .

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