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Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (February 4, 1776 – February 16, 1837) was a Germany|German natural history|naturalist. He was a proponent of the theory of the transmutation of species, a theory of evolution held by some biologists prior to the work of Charles Darwin. He put forward this belief in the first volume of his ''Biologie; oder die Philosophie der lebenden Natur'', published in 1802, the same year similar opinions were expressed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Treviranus was born in Bremen (city)|Bremen and studied medicine at Göttingen, where he took his doctor's degree in 1796. In 1797 he was appointed professor of medicine and mathematics at the Bremen lyceum. In 1816, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Category:1776 births Category:1837 deaths Category:People from Bremen Category:German biologists Category:German scientists Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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