- Fritz Müller (doctor)
:"For the evolutionary biologist, see
Fritz Müller "Fritz (Friedrich) Müller (
8 May 1834 –10 March 1895 ) was a Swiss doctor and zoologist.He was born in
Basel and studied at theUniversity of Basel from 1852 to 1854, and then atWürzburg andPrague , where he became a medical doctor in 1857. After further experience inVienna ,Paris andBerlin , he returned to Basel to practise medicine.He was a founder member of the regional medical society in 1860 and took a leading role in the sanitary services in Basel, which he directed from 1872.
He gave public lectures in zoology at the university from 1868. His zoological work focussed on
reptile s,amphibian s,crustacean s andarachnid s.From 1873, he suffered from a chronic illness as a result of which he spent periods near the
Mediterranean . He died in Basel.
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