biography
| name: |
Ehrenberg, Christian Gottfried
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pronunciation:
[airenberg]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1795–1876)
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| biography:
| Naturalist, born in Delitzsch, EC Germany. Professor at Berlin from 1839, he travelled in Egypt, Syria, Arabia, and C Asia. His works on microscopic organisms founded a new branch of science, and he discovered that phosphorescence in the sea is caused by living organisms. |
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