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C. G. Ehrenberg (1795–1876). A Biographical Note. (Portrait-Plate XXV.)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
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Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, one of the outstanding scientific figures of last century, was born on Easter Sunday, 19 April 1795, at Delitzsch. In this town—then in Saxony, but now in Prussia—his father, Johann Gottfried Ehrenberg, was a municipal official, who was thrice married; his second wife being the mother of Christian Gottfried, who was the eldest son. His mother's maiden name was Christiane Dorothea Becker, and she was the daughter of the innkeeper of “The Red Lion” in Delitzsch. The forefathers of these Saxon Ehrenbergs were mostly millers, and they appear to have been unrelated to the noble family of the same name.
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