Georg August Goldfuss_
Thurnau
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Thurnau
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Birthplace
Thurnau
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Languages
Latin
Spouse
Eleonora Goldfuß
Children
1 child: Otto Goldfuss
Education
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Chinese Zodiac
虎 Tiger
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English < Latin < Proto-Italic (*augostos)
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Georg August Goldfuss: German paleontologist, mineralogist, zoologist and botanist (1782-1848).
Born in Thurnau (died at age 66).
Studied at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
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Biography
Georg August Goldfuß was a German palaeontologist, zoologist and botanist. He became a professor of zoology at the University of Erlangen and later at the University of Bonn. He coined the terms "protozoa" and "pelecypoda".
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