Caspar Friedrich Wolff

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Caspar Friedrich Wolff was an 18th-century German physiologist and embryologist regarded as a founder of modern embryology for his work on developmental biology and the theory of epigenesis.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
embryologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
physiologist ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
academicDegree doctorate in medicine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
dateOfBirth 1734-01-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1794-02-22 ⓘ
describedAs founder of modern embryology ⓘ
doctoralThesis Theoria generationis ⓘ
doctoralThesisPublicationYear 1759 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Göttingen ⓘ
University of Halle ⓘ
employer Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Wolff ⓘ
fieldOfWork developmental biology ⓘ
embryology ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
givenName Caspar ⓘ
Friedrich ⓘ
hasBibliographyItem De formatione intestinorum (1768) ⓘ
Theoria generationis (1759) ⓘ
influenced Karl Ernst von Baer ⓘ
modern developmental biology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf Imperial Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableFor foundational work in modern embryology ⓘ
studies of organ formation in embryos ⓘ
theory of epigenesis ⓘ
occupation embryologist ⓘ
physiologist ⓘ
opposedTheory preformationism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berlin ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
placeOfDeath Russian Empire ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied development of chick embryos ⓘ
formation of organs from undifferentiated tissue ⓘ
theoryDeveloped epigenesis in embryonic development ⓘ
workLocation Halle ⓘ
linked to: Halle (Saale)

Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg

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