Carl Chun

1852 - 1914

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Country of citizenship: Duchy of Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia

Languages spoken, written or signed: German

Educated at: University of Göttingen, Leipzig University

Occupation: teuthologist, zoologist, university teacher, marine biologist, malacologist, cnidariologist

Award received: Cothenius Medal, honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo

Student of: Rudolf Leuckart

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Carl Chun or Karl Friedrich Gustav Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist who worked as a professor at the Universities of Königsberg (1883), Breslau (1891) and Leipzig (1898). He was a pioneer of German oceanographic research, organizing the first deep-sea expedition aboard the SS Valdivia in 1898-99. He spent much of his life studying the collections made during the expedition, and was responsible for discovering many marine organisms, including the vampire squid. Source: Wikipedia (en)