Carl Benjamin Klunzinger

Carl Benjamin Klunzinger ( born November 18, 1834 in Güglingen, † June 21, 1914 in Stuttgart ) was a German physician and zoologist tropics.

Carl was the son of Benjamin Klunzinger Güglinger city minister Karl Klunzinger. He lived 1863-1869 and after three years of residence in Europe for treatment of his collections again 1872-1875 as a doctor mostly in Al- Quseir ( Koseir ) on the Red Sea, the coast of which he repeatedly visited along with the Nile Valley.

After returning to Germany, he received the position of curator of the natural history cabinet to Stuttgart. He was from 1884 to 1900 professor of zoology, anthropology and hygiene at the Polytechnic Stuttgart.

The railway and hydraulic engineer Paul Klunzinger was his brother.

Works

  • A synopsis of the fishes of the Red Sea. Weinheim: Cramer; Codicote; Herts: Wheldon & Wesley, .. New York: Stechert - Hafner, 1964 (Edition 1870-1871 published as: Proceedings of the Imperial Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna Vol 20 21. ).
  • Images from Upper Egypt, the desert and the Red Sea. With a foreword by Georg Schweinfurth. 2nd edition, Stuttgart, 1878 reprint of the 1878 ed Stuttgart, Wiesbaden: .. LTR Verl, 1981, ISBN 3-88706-012-1. Upper Egypt: its people and its products. A descriptive account of the manners, customs, superstitions, and occupations of the people of the Nile Valley, the desert, and the Read Sea coast, with sketches of the natural history and geology. Repr, orig. publ: New York, 1878 New York, NY:. AMS Pr, 1984.
Al-Qusayr, Egypt Georg August Schweinfurth Integrated Authority File
164982
de