Dr. Joseph Waltl (28 July 1805 – 4 March 1888) was a German physician and naturalist. Waltl was born in

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and studied at

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and

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, graduating in medicine in 1819. He then travelled in

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, France and Spain. In 1833 he became a teacher in

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, and in 1835 a professor of natural history at the university. His numerous writings were mainly concerned with

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s and other insects. Notably, the singular

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was named ''Pleurodeles waltl'' in honor of the young Waltl by his colleague

Karl Michahelles Georg Christian Karl Wilhelm Michahelles (5 May 1807, Nuremberg – 15 August 1834, Nafplio, Nauplia) was a German zoology, zoologist and physician originally from Bavaria. From 1827, he studied medicine at the University of Munich, where he m ...

in 1830. In 1839 he published "''Reise durch Tyrol, Oberitalien und Piemont nach dem südlichen Spanien''" (Journey through

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, northern Italy and the

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to southern Spain). Also, he was the author of several

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/ geognostic works associated with Passau and its environs.Google Search
publications

References

Biography - in German
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