During the following year, he was appointed professor of medicine and mathematics at the Bremen lyceum.[1] In 1816, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Treviranus was a proponent of the theory of the transmutation of species, a theory of evolution held by some biologists prior to the work of Charles Darwin. He put forward this belief in the first volume of his Biologie; oder die Philosophie der lebenden Natur, published in 1802, the same year similar opinions were expressed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.[2]
gottfried, reinhold, treviranus, german, politician, weimar, republic, politician, february, 1776, bremen, february, 1837, bremen, german, physician, naturalist, proto, evolutionary, biologist, born, 1776, february, 1776bremen, germanydied16, february, 1837, 1. For the German politician in the Weimar Republic see Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus politician Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus 4 February 1776 Bremen 16 February 1837 Bremen was a German physician naturalist and proto evolutionary biologist Gottfried Reinhold TreviranusBorn 1776 02 04 4 February 1776Bremen GermanyDied16 February 1837 1837 02 16 aged 61 Bremen GermanyAlma materUniversity of GottingenKnown forBiology Transmutation of speciesScientific careerFieldsBiology Mathematics MedicineInstitutionsGerman Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesAcademic advisorsJohann Friedrich BlumenbachHis younger brother Ludolph Christian Treviranus 1779 1864 was also a naturalist and botanist and also a notable taxonomist and zoologist Contents 1 History 1 1 Works 1 1 1 Selected writings 2 References 3 External linksHistory EditTreviranus was born in Bremen and studied medicine at the University of Gottingen where he took his doctor s degree in 1796 During the following year he was appointed professor of medicine and mathematics at the Bremen lyceum 1 In 1816 he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Works Edit Treviranus was a proponent of the theory of the transmutation of species a theory of evolution held by some biologists prior to the work of Charles Darwin He put forward this belief in the first volume of his Biologie oder die Philosophie der lebenden Natur published in 1802 the same year similar opinions were expressed by Jean Baptiste Lamarck 2 In the 1830s he was the first to identify rod photoreceptor cells in the retina using a microscope 3 Selected writings Edit Biologie oder die Philosophie der lebenden Natur fur Naturforscher und Aerzte 1802 22 Beitrage zur Lehre von den Gesichtswerkzeugen und dem Sehen des Menschen und der Thiere 1828 Beitrage zur Aufklarung der Erscheinungen und Gesetze des organischen Lebens with Ludolph Christian Treviranus 1835 38 4 The standard author abbreviation G Trevir is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 5 References Edit London Medical and Surgical Journal 1837 Google Books From Natural Philosophy to the Sciences Writing the History of Nineteenth edited by David Cahan Origins of Neuroscience A History of Explorations Into Brain Function by Stanley Finger WorldCat Search publications International Plant Names Index G Trevir External links Edit Treviranus Gottfried Reinhold Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed 1911 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus amp oldid 1099796182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
