Rudolph Bergh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolph Bergh

Danish physician and malacologist

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1824

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1909

Profession: physician, botanist, malacologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rudolph Bergh (October 15, 1824 – July 20, 1909), full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist.
He worked in Copenhagen. As a doctor his speciality was sexually transmitted diseases.
In Copenhagen a hospital and a street are named after him. Bergh was also an active malacologist, i.e.
a zoologist who studies molluscs, in particular the nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropods.
He had well over 90 publications in this field and took part in a scientific expedition to Indonesia.
He named and described numerous species of nudibranchs.