| Authorised form of name | Gegenbaur; Carl (1826 - 1903) |
| Other forms of name | Karl |
| Dates | 1826 - 1903 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Wurzburg, Germany |
| Date of birth | 21 August 1826 |
| Place of death | Heidelberg, Germany |
| Date of death | 14/06/1903 |
| Research field | Anatomy |
| Activity | Education:
University of Wurzburg. MD
Career:
Professor of Anatomy and Zoology, Jena (1858); Professor of Anatomy, Heidelberg (1873); founded and edited the 'Mophologisches Jahrbuch' (11875)
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 31/01/1884 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1896 |
| Relationships | Family was Roman Catholic |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1905 vol 75 pp 309-312 signed by H F G |
| Royal Society code | NA1272 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1884/02 | Gegenbaur, Carl: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001624 | Gegenbauer, Carl | 1884 |
| NLB/13/305 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Edwin Ray Lankester | 23 July 1896 |
| NLB/13/502 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Edwin Ray Lankester, 76 Jermyn Street, W. | 30 September 1896 |
| NLB/13/699 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Carl Gegenbaur | 5 November 1896 |
| NLB/13/691 | Copy letter from Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], to Horace Alfred Damer Seymour, Royal Mint | 5 November 1896 |
| NLB/13/823 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Herrn Professor Dr Carl Gegenbaur, Foreign Member, Royal society, Anatomical | 3 December 1896 |
| NLB/17/410 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Herrn Wilhelm Englemann, Verlagsbuchhandlung, Konigs-Strasse, 10, Leipzig | 25 October 1898 |
| NLB/13/794 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to His Excellency, the German Ambassador | 26 November 1896 |