Karl Möbius

Karl August Möbius
Portrait by Ernst Hildebrand (1895)
Born(1825-02-07)7 February 1825
Eilenburg, Prussia (now Germany)
Died26 April 1908(1908-04-26) (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materHumboldt University
University of Halle
Known forBiocoenosis, ecology of oysters
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, ecology
InstitutionsUniversity of Kiel
Natural History Museum of Berlin
Doctoral studentsBernhard Tollens

Karl August Möbius (7 February 1825 in Eilenburg – 26 April 1908 in Berlin) was a German zoologist who was a pioneer in the field of marine ecology, founder of the Hamburg zoo and aquarium, the zoological institute at Kiel, and served as an influential director of the Natural History Museum in Berlin. He introduced the idea of a separation of research collections from the public natural history museum.

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