Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben
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1744 – 1777
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Who was Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben?
Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg.
Erxleben was Professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the University of Göttingen. He wrote Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis. He was founder of the first and oldest academic Veterinary School in Germany, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in 1771.
He was Dorothea Christiane Erxleben's son, who was the first woman in Germany to be promoted to a medical doctor.
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- Born
- Jun 22, 1744
Quedlinburg - Parents
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Died
- Aug 19, 1777
Göttingen
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on July 23, 2013
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