Rudolph Bergh
Danish physician and malacologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rudolph Bergh (15 October 1824 – 20 July 1909), full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen.
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Rudolph Bergh | |
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Born | (1824-10-15)15 October 1824 |
Died | 20 July 1909(1909-07-20) (aged 84) |
Education | Det von Westenske Institut, Copenhagen |
Known for | Leading expert on nudibranchs; sexually transmitted diseases |
Children | At least one, Rudolph Sophus Bergh |
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Awards | Knighthood of the Third Class Order of Order of the Dannebrog; Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn |
Scientific career | |
Fields | medicine and malacology |
Institutions | Almindeligt Hospital, Copenhagen; Vestre Hospital, Copenhagen |
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As a doctor his speciality was sexually transmitted diseases. In Copenhagen a hospital and a street are named after him.
Bergh was also an active malacologist, i.e. a zoologist who studies molluscs, in particular the nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropods. He had well over 90 publications in this field and took part in a scientific expedition to Indonesia. He named and described numerous species of nudibranchs.