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Reinhold Wilhelm Buchholz

1837–1876

German zoologist. Studied medicine at the Royal Medical Surgical Friedrich-Wilhelm Institute, Berlin; MD, Königsberg, 1861. Keeper, Greifswald Zoological Museum, 1864. Habilitated in zoology at Greifswald in 1865. Medical doctor and naturalist on the second German polar expedition, 1869–70; described the Crustacea collected on the expedition. Professor extraordinarius of zoology, Greifswald, 1872–5; professor, 1876.

Source

Kämpfe 2014

Bibliography

Kämpfe, Lothar. 2014. Der Mediziner, Zoologe und Forschungsreisende Reinhold Buchholz (1837–1876): ein tragisches Schicksal. Greifswalder Universitätsreden 147: 29–46.

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