Friedrich Blochmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German zoologist
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Place of Birth: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Friedrich Blochmann
- Friedrich Blochmann (21 January 1858, in Karlsruhe – 22 September 1931, in Tübingen) was a German zoologist.
- He was a son-in-law to historian Eduard Winkelmann (1838–1896). He studied at the technical school in Karlsruhe and at the University of Heidelberg, where he was a student of Otto Bütschli.
- In 1885 he obtained his habilitation and in 1888 became an associate professor.
- In 1891 he succeeded Maximilian Braun as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Rostock.
- In 1898 he relocated as a professor to the University of Tübingen.In the field of phycology, he described the algae species Haematococcus buetschlii.A species of lizard, Leptosiaphos blochmanni, is named in his honor.
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