Karl Vogt

German scientist

Died when: 77 years 304 days (934 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

August Christoph Carl Vogt (German: [foːkt] (); 5 July 1817 – 5 May 1895) was a German scientist, philosopher, popularizer of science, and politician who emigrated to Switzerland.

Vogt published a number of notable works on zoology, geology and physiology.All his life he was engaged in politics, in the German Frankfurt Parliament of 1848–49 and later in Switzerland.

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