Karl Eduard von Eichwald known as Karl Eichwald (Russian: Эдуард Иванович Эйхвальд, Eduard Ivanovich Eykhvald; 4 July 1795, in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia – 10 November 1876, in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist, physician, and naturalist, who lived his whole life in the Russian Empire.
Career Eichwald was a Baltic German born at Mitau in Courland Governorate. He became a doctor of medicine and professor of zoology in Kazan in 1823; four years later professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at Vilnius; in 1838 professor of zoology, mineralogy and medicine at St. Petersburg; and finally, professor of palaeontology in the institute of mines in that city. He travelled much in the Russian Empire, and was a keen observer of its natural history and geology. He died at St. Petersburg. Eichwald was a supporter of Darwinism.
Works His published works include Reise auf dem Caspischen Meere und in den Caucasus, 2 volumes (Stuttgart and Tübingen, 1834-1838); Die Urwelt Russlands (St Petersburg, 1840-1845); Le Lethaea Rossica, ou Paléontologie de la Russie, 3 volumes (Stuttgart, 1852-1868), with Atlases. In the scientific field of herpetology he described several new species of reptiles.
See also List of Baltic German scientists
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References "Эйхвальд, Эдуард Иванович" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Eichwald, Karl Eduard von". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 132.
External links Rulex.ru: Biography of Karl Eichwald—(in Russian)