- Rudolf Leuckart
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birth_date =October 7 ,1822
birth_place =Halmstedt
death_date =February 6 ,1898
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field =zoology parasitology
work_institutions =University of Giessen University of Leipzig
alma_mater =University of Göttingen
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known_for =Taenia saginata Taenia solium
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footnotes =Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart (
October 7 , 1822 -February 6 ,1898 ) was a Germanzoologist who was born in Halmstedt. After earning his degree from theUniversity of Göttingen , he went on a scientific expedition to theNorth Sea to study marineinvertebrate s. He was later a professor of zoology at theUniversity of Giessen (1850) and theUniversity of Leipzig (1869).Leuckart is remembered for his work in
parasitology , particularly research regardingtapeworm andtrichinosis . He was the first to prove that "Taenia saginata " occurs only in cattle, and "Taenia solium " occurs only in swine. His study of "Trichina " helped supportRudolf Virchow 's campaign to create meat inspection laws in Germany. [cite journal
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title= Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart, founder of parasitology
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George Cuvier 's "Radiata" into two phylum; "Coelenterata " and "Echinodermata ". He is also credited for the classification of "Metazoa ". His excellent descriptions of morphologic details gave credence to the idea that zoological evolution can be learned through its anatomical changes. Between 1877 and 1892, Leuckart developed a series of scientific wall charts; these charts have been used worldwide as teaching aids. Today the "Rudolf-Leuckart-Medaille" is an annual award for research in parasitology by the "Deutschen Gesellschaft für Parasitologie" (German Society of Parasitology).A quote attributed to Rudolf Leckart:
Written Works
* " Beiträge zur Kenntnis wirbelloser Tiere", R. Leuckart,
Heinrich Frey ; Braunschweig, 1847
* "Über die Morphologie und Verwandtschaftsverhältnisse der wirbellosen Tiere", Braunschweig, 1848
* "Zur Morphologie und Anatomie der Geschlechtsorgane", Braunschweig, 1848
* "Beiträge zur Lehre der Befruchtung", Göttinger Nachrichten, 1849
* "Über den Polymorphismus der Individuen oder die Erscheinungen der Arbeitsteilung in der Natur", Gießen, 1851
* "Zoologische Untersuchungen", Gießen, 1853-54, 3 Hefte
* "Vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie", R. Leuckart, Bergmann, Stuttgart, 1852
* "Die Fortpflanzung und Entwicklung der Pupiparen", Halle, 1857
* "Zur Kenntnis des Generationswechsels und der Parthenogenesis bei den Insekten", Frankfurt, 1858
* "Untersuchungen über Trichina spiralis", Leipzig, 1860, 2. Aufl. 1866
* "Die Blasenwürmer und ihre Entwicklung", Gießen, 1856
* "Die Parasiten des Menschen und die von ihnen herrührenden Krankheiten", Leipzig, 1863-76, 2 Bde.; 2. Aufl. 1879 ff.
* "Die Entwicklunggeschichte des Leberegels (Distonum hepaticum, dt.)", in: Zoologischer Anzeiger 4, 1881
* "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Baes und der Lebensgeschichte der Nematoden", in: Abbh. Königl. Sächs. Ges. Wiss. Math.-physikal. Cl 1887References
External links
* [http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/exhibits/leuckart/wall_charts/plates_1_30.html Leuckart's Zoological Wall Charts]
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