Johannes Schmidt
Danish botanist and marine biologist (1877-1933) · Denmark · On the map · Scientists · Died at 56
Ernst Johannes Schmidt was a Danish biologist credited with discovering in 1920 that European eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. Before this, people in North America and Europe had wondered where the small glass eels, or elvers, came from.
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1933Died21 February 19331932Commander of the Order of the DannebrogAward1930Alexander Agassiz MedalAwardDarwin MedalAwardGalathea MedalAward1923Honorary Doctor of the University of LiverpoolAward1922Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the DannebrogAward1877Born2 January 1877
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Country
Denmark
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1933 · aged 56
