Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf (Rudolf) Leuckart
1822–98
German zoologist. Lecturer in zoology, University of Göttingen, 1847–50. Professor extraordinarius of zoology, University of Giessen, 1850–5; professor, 1855–69. Appointed professor of zoology in Leipzig, 1869; dean of the philosophical faculty, 1873; rector, 1877–8. Carried out important work in morphology and parasitology.
Sources
DBE
DSB
NDB.
Bibliography
DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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