biography
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Leuckart, (Karl Georg Friedrich) Rudolf
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pronunciation:
[loykah(r)t]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1822–98)
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| biography:
| Zoologist, born in Helmstedt, NC Germany. He studied at Göttingen, and became professor of zoology at Giessen (1850) and Leipzig (1869). A pioneer of parasitology, his work on classification is important, especially his division of the Radiata into Coelenterata and Echinodermata. He also distinguished himself by his study of the Entozoa. |
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