Arnold Adolph Berthold

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name = Arnold Adolph Berthold


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birth_date = 26 February 1803
birth_place = Soest, Germany
death_date = 3 January 1861
death_place = Göttingen, Germany
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citizenship = Germany
nationality = German
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field = Physiology, Zoology
work_institution = Georg-August University of Göttingen
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Arnold Adolph Berthold or Arnold Adolf Berthold (1803 - 1861) was a German physiologist and zoologist. He studied medicine in Göttingen in 1819 and wrote his thesis under the direction of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840). Berthold became a private lecturer in 1825 and began to teach physiology at the University of Göttingen where he spent the rest of his career. He is known as a pioneer in endocrinology due to his experiments on the role of the gonads in the development of secondary sexual characteristics. He published important works on reptiles and amphibians as well as on avian physiology. In the field of entomology, he authored "Natiirliche Familien of Thierreichs" (1827).

Berthold is particularly famous for his work on endocrinology. In 1849, Berthold performed ground breaking experiments with chicken castration.

References and external links

* French Wikipedia

Further reading

DSB
first=Klein
last=Marc
title=Berthold, Arnold Adolphe
volume=2
pages=72-73

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NAME= Berthold, Arnold Adolph
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= German Physiologist , Zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH= 26 February 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH= Soest, Germany
DATE OF DEATH= 3 January 1861
PLACE OF DEATH= Göttingen, Germany