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Darwin Correspondence Project

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig

1816–95

German physiologist. Studied medicine at Marburg and Erlangen. Professor of anatomy and physiology, University of Zurich, 1849–55. Professor of physiology and zoology, Josephinum medico-military academy, Vienna, 1855–65. Professor of physiology, University of Leipzig, from 1865. Founded the Physiological Institute at Leipzig in 1865. Developed instruments for recording physiological processes.

Source

DBE

Bibliography

DBE: Deutsche biographische Enzyklopädie. Edited by Walter Killy et al. 12 vols. in 14. Munich: K. G. Saur. 1995–2000.

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