Georg August Goldfuss

Georg August Goldfuß
Georg August Goldfuß; by Adolf Hohneck (1841)
Born(1782-04-18)18 April 1782
Died2 October 1848(1848-10-02) (aged 66)
Illustration of class Protozoa, order Infusoria, family Monades by Goldfuß

Georg August Goldfuß (18 April 1782 – 2 October 1848) was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and botanist. He became a professor of zoology at the University of Erlangen and later at the University of Bonn. He coined the terms "protozoa" and "pelecypoda".


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