Carl Chun
German zoologist (1852-1914) · Academics · Died at 61
Carl Chun or Karl Friedrich Gustav Chun was a German marine biologist who worked as a professor at the Universities of Königsberg (1883), Breslau (1891) and Leipzig (1898). He was a pioneer of German oceanographic research, organizing the first deep-sea expedition aboard the SS Valdivia in 1898-99.
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He spent much of his life studying the collections made during the expedition, and was responsible for discovering many marine organisms, including the vampire squid.
