Julius Victor Carus

Julius Victor Carus (July 25, 1823 – March 10, 1903) was a German zoologist, comparative anatomist and entomologist.

Julius Victor Carus
BornJuly 25, 1823
Leipzig
DiedMarch 10, 1903
Leipzig
OccupationComparative anatomist, zoologist

Career

Carus was born in Leipzig. He served as curator of the Museum of Comparative Anatomy at Oxford University from 1849 to 1851, and as professor of comparative anatomy and director of the Zoological Museum at the University of Leipzig in 1853.[1]

Carus was an early supporter of Darwinism. With Charles Darwin's approval he became his German translator. In 1875, Carus issued a German edition of Darwin's collected works.[2]

Bibliography

(incomplete)

  • 1849. Zur nähern Kenntnis des Generationswechsels (Leipzig).
  • 1853. System der tierischen Morphologie.
  • 1854. Über die Wertbestimmung zoologische Merkmale.
  • 1857. Julius Victor Carus (dir.): Icones Zootomicae. Includes contributions from George James Allman (1812–1898), Carl Gegenbaur (1826–1903), Thomas Henry Huxley, Albert Kölliker, Heinrich Ludwig Hermann Müller (1829–1883), Max Schultze, Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804–1885) et Friedrich Stein. (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig).
  • 1861. Bibliotheca zoologica (Leipzig, two volumes)
  • 1861. Über die Leptocephaliden. (Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig).
  • 1863–1875 : with Wilhelm Peters (1815–1883) and Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker (1828–1895) Handbuch der Zoologie (Leipzig).
  • 1872. Alexander von Humboldt. Eine wissenschaftliche Biographie. (Leipzig, 3 volumes).
  • 1872. with Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) and Charles Darwin Geschichte der Zoologie bis auf Joh. Müller und Ch. Darwin. (Münich).
  • 1884. Prodromus faunae mediterraneae. volume 1, volume 2

References

Translation of French Wikipedia

  1. Darwin Correspondence Project: Julius Viktor Carus, 1823–1903
  2. Kelly, Alfred. The Descent of Darwin: The Popularization of Darwinism in Germany, 1860-1914. p. 21



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