Lorenz (Okenfuss) Oken
1779–1851
German naturalist and leading exponent of Naturphilosophie. Associate professor of medicine, University of Jena, 1807–12; professor of natural history, 1812–19. Professor of physiology, University of Munich, 1827–32; professor of natural history, natural philosophy, and physiology, Zürich University, 1832–51.
Sources
ADB
DBE
DSB
EB.
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
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.
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
