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RUDOLF LEUCKART, whose death removes one of the most eminent figures in the zoological world, was the son of a bookseller, and was born on October 7, 1822, at Helstedt, which until 1809 had been the seat of one of the universities of the state of Brunswick. A taste for the study of natural history was probably hereditary in the family, for his uncle, Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart (1794–1843), was a zoologist of no mean reputation. The subject of our sketch began his career as an author at a comparatively early age, for whilst still a student at the University of Göttingen he completed the “Lehrbuch der Zootomie” of his teacher, Rudolf Wagner. After serving for a time as assistant m the Physiological Institute of his alma mater, he received in 1850 the appointment of extraordinary professor at Giessen, which the genius of Liebig had then raised to a position of great importance among the universities of Germany.
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Rudolf Leuckart. Nature 57, 542 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057542a0
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