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Carl Vogt
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German-Swiss scientist and politician (1817–1895)
OverviewAI-generated
Carl Vogt was a male philosopher, zoologist, university teacher, and geologist born in Giessen in 1817. He held citizenship in the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Switzerland, with municipal affiliation in Erlach. His professional career included employment at the University of Giessen and the University of Geneva, and he worked in Bern. Vogt was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and wrote in French and German.
His fields of work included Darwinism, zoology, paleontology, and philosophy, and he was inspired by Charles Darwin. He taught Aleksandr Herzen, who was both his student and doctoral student. Vogt’s notable works include *Untersuchungen über Thierstaaten*, *Beitrag zur chemischen Kenntniss der Wachholderbeeren*, *Einige seltene congenitale Lipome*, *Darstellung und Beurtheilung der Kant'schen und Hegel'schen Christologie*, and *Leçons Sur L'homme*. He identified as an atheist and died in Geneva in 1895.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Untersuchungen über Thierstaaten
- Beitrag zur chemischen Kenntniss der Wachholderbeeren
- Einige seltene congenitale Lipome
- Darstellung und Beurtheilung der Kant'schen und Hegel'schen Christologie
- Leçons Sur L'homme
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1995
Discography
- Thanks for Nothing1996
- Words of Power1997
- We Came to Kill1997
- Killing Time Again1998
- Execution Tracks1998
- Maschine Zeit2000
- T2000
- Code 74772001
- Survivor2002
- Navigator2005
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,222x
- Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression
· 2017 · cited 12,499x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,229x
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Key facts
- Born
- 5 July 1817 ( 1817-07-05 ) , Gießen , Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Died
- 5 May 1895 (1895-05-05) (aged 77), Geneva , Switzerland
- Education
- University of Giessen , University of Bern ( M.D. , 1839)
- Era
- 19th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- German materialism
- Institutions
- University of Giessen , University of Geneva
- Main interests
- Philosophy of science , political philosophy
- Notable ideas
- Polygenism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Family name
- Vogt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Giessen
- Place of death
- Geneva
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- University of Geneva
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- atheism
- Doctoral student
- Aleksandr Herzen
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Vogt1.jpg
- Work location
- Bern
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- date of birth
- 1817-07-05
- date of death
- 1895-05-05
- Commons category
- Carl Vogt
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- Carl Vogt
- name in native language
- Carl Vogt
- inspired by
- Charles Darwin
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Erlach
- writing language
- French
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- P8168
- Poiana Sărată
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
16 objects attributed to Carl Vogt, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
August Christoph Carl Vogt (/fɔːkt/; 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.
Early life
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