Carl Bergmann | |
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| Born |
Karl Georg Lucas Christian Bergmann
18 May 1814 |
| Died | 30 April 1865 (aged 50) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Known for | "Bergmann's rule" |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anatomy, physiology |
Carl Georg Lucas Christian Bergmann (18 May 1814 – 30 April 1865) was a German anatomist, physiologist and biologist who developed Bergmann's rule relating population sizes to ambient temperature.
Biography
In 1838 Bergmann received his medical doctorate at the University of Göttingen, and later on, served as Obermedicinalrath and as a professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Rostock. He produced a series of papers between 1839 and 1862 on comparative anatomy in Johannes Peter Müller's Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin.
He obtained his habilitation at the University of Göttingen and was named an associate professor in 1843. From October 1852 he was a full professor and a member of the Medicinal Commission in Rostock. In 1861 he was appointed Obermedicinalrath. He died in Geneva on 30 April 1865, following his return from Menton, where he had resided for the winter because of his deteriorating health.
Publications
- Bergmann, C. (1846). Lehrbuch der Medicina Forensis für Juristen. Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, Braunschweig
- Bergmann, C. (1848). Über die Verhältnisse der Wärmeökonomie der Thiere zu ihrer Grösse . Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Göttingen.
- Bergmann, C. and R. Leuckart (1855). Anatomisch-physiologische Uebersicht des Thierreichs. Vergleichende Anatomie und Physiologie. J. B. Müller, Stuttgart.