Martin Lichtenstein

Martin Heinrich Carl Lichtenstein (January 10, 1780 - September 2, 1857) was a German physician, explorer and zoologist. He was the son of Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein. Image File history File links Martin_Lichtenstein. ... Image File history File links Martin_Lichtenstein. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Antonio de Abreu (16th century Portuguese explorer of Indonesia) Charles Albanel (1616-1696), Canada Afonso de Albuquerque (16th century... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein (1753 - 1816) was a German zoologist. ...

Lichtenstein was born in Hamburg and studied medicine at Jena and Helmstedt. Between 1802 and 1806 he travelled in southern Africa, becoming the personal physician of the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. In 1810 he published Reisen in südlichen Africa. He was awarded the Chair of Zoology at the University of Berlin in 1811, and appointed Director of the Berlin Zoological Museum in 1813. Hamburgs central promenade Jungfernstieg on the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... Medicine is the branch of health science concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ... Jena is a town in central Germany on the River Saale. ... Helmstedt is a city located at the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... 1888 Map of the Cape of Good Hope The expression Cape of Good Hope is used in two senses (1) sensu stricto it is a wild and rocky headland in South Africa, on the southern fringe of the Cape Peninsula, some thirty kilometres south of Cape Town (2) sensu lato... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... Skeleton of Brachiosaurus brancai The Museum für Naturkunde (in English, the Museum of Natural History), widely known as the Humboldt Museum of Berlin, is the first national museum in the world, with a massive collection of more than 25 million zoological, paleontological, and minerological specimens, including more than ten...

In 1841 Lichtenstein was responsible for the creation of Berlin's Zoological Gardens, when he persuaded Friedrich Wilhelm IV to donate the grounds of his pheasantry. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Zoologischer Garten Berlin (zoological garden Berlin) is one of the biggest zoos in Germany and the one with the largest number of species of the world. ... King Frederick William IV of Prussia (October 15, 1795 - January 2, 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861. ...