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Anton Dohrn

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DOHRN, ANTON German zoologist, was born on Dec. 29, 184o, at Stettin, the son of Karl Dohrn, coleopterist, and editor of Linnae Entornologia (16 vols., 1846-66). After studying at Jena, under Haeckel, he devoted himself to the investi gation of marine animals, and in 18 7o founded the famous zoological station at Naples. He died on Sept. 26, 1909, at Munich. His publications are Untersuchungen caber Bau u. Ent wicklung der Arthropoden (187o) ; Der Ursprung der Wirbelthiere (1875) ; and Studien zur Urgeschichte des lVirbelthierkorpers (1882).