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Last Name Ehrenberg

Given Name Christian Gottfried

alt. Names C. G. E. ;

Marriage (1) in 1831 Julie Rose (+1848) ; (2) in 1852: Friederike Karol

Children 5: 2 sons & 3 daughters: Clara, who assisted him; another daugher married Johannes Hanstein, prof. of botany in Berlin

Year born 1795 Delitzsch, Saxony

Year died 1876

Place of death Berlin

Father's occupation judge

Relatives 2 brothers: Ferdinand & Carl August, who described many cateees in Middle America; both died in 1848

Education University of Leipzig

Country of Activity Germany, France, England, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Arabia & Sudan

Worked for Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck; Infusionsthierchen Organismen 1838; CGE: Mikrogeologie 1854 & Europäischen, libyschen, arabischen Kreidefelsen 1839;

Patronage Institut de France (succ.of ->Alexander von Humboldt); Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin (secr.1842-67); Friedrich-Wilh.Univ.Berlin (dean & rector)

Collaborators Alexander von Humboldt; Wilhelm Hemprich; engravers: H Troschel, C Guinand, CE Weber

Techniques biological, esp. microscopic & botanical drawing

Sample(s) www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/darwin/28_ehrenberg.shtml ; thecaledonianminingexpeditioncompany.blogspot.de/2012/04/minutiae.html

Archival sources http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Gottfried_Ehrenberg

Published sources Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966; Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 #1245 ; Langer 1978 # 6583 ; Theatrum 2000 I: 219-25 ; II: 32 & 248-52 ;

other C.G.E. lived in Germany, but he was also active as illustrator in France, England, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Arabia, and the Sudan. See also http://plantillustrations.org/artist.php?id_artist=926&mobile=0

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