Lorenz Oken

Lorenz Oken
Lorenz Oken
Born
Lorenz Okenfuß

1 August 1779
Bohlsbach, Baden (now Germany)
Died11 August 1851(1851-08-11) (aged 72)
Zürich, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
University of Würzburg
Scientific career
FieldsNatural history

Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 – 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. He became a professor of natural history at the University of Jena and from 1833 at the newly founded University of Zurich. He founded the journal Isis.

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