# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-leuckart-q55064784
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:44:13.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-leuckart-q55064784"
name: "Rudolf Leuckart"
slug: "rudolf-leuckart-q55064784"
description: "Karl Georg Friedrich Rudolf Leuckart was a German zoologist and a professor at the University of Giessen and then at Leipzig. He was a pioneer of parasitology research and established the field through a two-volume work on the parasites of humans. He has been called the \"father of parasitology\". He published a two-volume work on the parasites of humans. He helped identify the life history of Trichinella and helped manage trichinosis. He was also known for developing a series of illustrated wall charts for use in zoology instruction. He was a nephew to naturalist Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart (1794–1843). His son Rudolf Leuckart became a chemist but died young."
tagline: "German zoologist (1822-1898)"
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birthDate: "1822-10-07"
deathDate: "1898-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump