Johann August Ephraim Goeze ✓ Source-based falling German entomologist, discoverer of Tardigrada (1731-1793)
Lived 1731 to 1793 · aged 62 Fame 46.7
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Johann August Ephraim Goeze was a German pastor and zoologist, born in Aschersleben. He translated numerous works on zoology into German and conducted microscopic observations on organisms. He is best known for the discovery of tardigrades in 1773, which he called "water bears".
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Lived 1731 to 1793 · aged 62
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