Adolph Eduard Grube (18 May 1812,

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– 23 June 1880 , Breslau) was a German

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

. Adolph Eduard Grube, an able worker in many animal groups, was mainly interested in

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. In 1837 he defended his thesis at the

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(then in

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). From 1843-1856 he was Professor of Zoology in the Universität Dorpat (then in

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) then at the Universität Breslau (now the

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). He was one of the early scientific explorers of the

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Works

Partial list *1850. "Die Familien der Anneliden". ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'' Berlin, 16(1): 249–364 *1866 "Beschreibungen neuer von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachter Anneliden und einer neuen landplanarie". ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' 16: 173–184. *1866 "Eine neue Annelida, zunächst einer nordischen, in der Nähe der Ophelien und Scalibregmen zu stellenden Annelide, Euzonus arcticus". ''Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur'' 43: 64–65. *1866 "Neue Anneliden aus den Gattungen Eunice, Hesione, Lamprophaes, und Travisia". ''Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur'' 44: 64-66. *1866 "Resultate einer Revision der Euniceen". ''Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Kultur'' 44: 66–68. *1872. "Über die Gattung Lycastis und ein par neue Arten derselben". ''Jahres-Bericht Schleis. Gesell.'' 49:47–48.

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Full bibliography (Via literature)
''Biographical Dictionary of Silesian Naturalists: Adolph Eduard Grube (1812–1880)''. In Polish

References

19th-century German zoologists German arachnologists 1812 births 1880 deaths {{Poland-scientist-stub