Richard Carl Wilhelm Theodor (Richard) Hertwig
1850–1937
German zoologist. Studied zoology at Jena and Bonn; assistant to Max Schultze, 1872–4. Habilitated in zoology at Jena, 1875. Professor, Königsburg, 1881; Bonn, 1883. Professor and director of the Zoological Institute, Munich, 1885. With his brother, Oscar, worked on the fertilisation and development of sea urchins. His textbook of zoology, first published in 1891, went through fifteen editions.
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NDB.
Bibliography
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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