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239: 227: 207:. He began to catalog the fishes of Germany in publications from 1782 to 1784, and on fishes from abroad until 1795, printing the books with copper plate engravings made largely at his own expense. He later managed to get subscribers including the Queen and Prince of Prussia, the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, the royal families of Denmark, Sweden, Poland and the court banker Isaac Daniel Itzig. Bloch also published on medicine, writing on such topics as the waters of Pyrmont and on intestinal parasitic worms. 42: 252: 318:
although he added new systematic characters including the presence or absence of a fifth gill, gill structure, and bony arches. He described at least 267 new species and 19 genera and several of his binomial names are still in use. Bloch's collection of about 800 surviving specimens is preserved at
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serving also as Mendelssohn's physician. He began to establish a large natural history collection and a library. He also began to publish in journals. Breinche died in 1769 and their only son died aged 21 while on a trip to Paris to sell the book on fishes that his father had written. In 1774 he
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Bloch became interested in fishes only in 1782 after finding fish that he could not find a name for in the works of Linnaeus. He then began to collect fishes and had fish specimens sent from around the world, including correspondents from as far as India like
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writer and his mother owned a small shop. Educated at home in Hebrew literature he became a private tutor in Hamburg for a Jewish surgeon. Here he learned German, Latin and anatomy. He then studied medicine in Berlin and received a doctorate in 1762 from
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who is best known for his contribution to ichthyology through his multi-volume catalog of plates illustrating the fishes of the world. Brought up in a Hebrew-speaking Jewish family, he learned German and
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text Marcus Elieser Bloch, Illustrations:Krüger, J. F. Hennig, Pater Plumier, Ludwig Schmidt, G. Bodenehr and J. F. Hennig Published 1795–1797 at the authors house in Berlin.In French
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Bloch visited Paris in 1797 to examine the fish collections there and returned via Holland. His health became poor and he went to
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married Cheile, daughter of banker Joseph Veitel Ephraim (1775–1807) and they would have a daughter who married physician
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with a treatise on skin disorders. He then became a general practitioner in Berlin and married Breinche, daughter of "
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of the 18th century, and wrote many papers on natural history, comparative anatomy, and physiology.
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collection, particularly of fish specimens. He is generally considered one of the most important
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Illustrations de Ichtyologie ou histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Poissons
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Ichthyologie, ou histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons
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where he died of a stroke. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery at
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands
482:Bloch's works at the Biodiversity Heritage Library 274:Bloch is best known for his encyclopedic work in 264:in 1835, an example of animal named in his honour 503: 286:. The first three volumes describe fishes in 385:"Moses Mendelssohn and Francisco De Miranda" 426: 270:Category:Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch 427:Böttig, Ariadne. Christoph Schulte (ed.). 343: 40: 310:. Bloch followed the fish systematics of 278:. Between 1782 and 1795 he published his 242:Plate from the French edition, depicting 296:Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische 250: 237: 225: 552:People from the Principality of Ansbach 132:(1723–1799) was a German physician and 14: 504: 454: 382: 567:18th-century Jewish German physicians 280:Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische 496:Bloch’s Fishes (1782-1795) revisited 422: 420: 418: 350:Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 221: 24: 346:"Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799)" 25: 598: 475: 443: 429:"Marcus Elizer Bloch. Biographie" 415: 562:18th-century German male writers 232:Histoire naturelle des poissons. 230:French edition of Bloch's work, 587:18th-century German naturalists 169:in 1723 where his father was a 145:before settling in Berlin as a 572:18th-century German physicians 522:18th-century German zoologists 376: 337: 306:was published posthumously by 260:, a fish named after Bloch by 13: 1: 330: 325:Humboldt University of Berlin 205:Museum fĂĽr Naturkunde, Berlin 27:German doctor and naturalist 7: 557:18th-century German writers 458:"Bloch, Mark Eliezer"  455:Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). 383:Popkin, Richard H. (1978). 344:Hirschberg, Julius (1913). 10: 603: 267: 123: 97: 90: 82: 68: 54: 39: 32: 542:Jewish German scientists 298:. A French translation “ 464:Encyclopædia Britannica 160: 362:10.1055/s-0028-1128395 265: 248: 235: 532:German ichthyologists 389:Jewish Social Studies 321:Museum fĂĽr Naturkunde 254: 241: 229: 201:Christoph Samuel John 176:Frankfort on the Oder 149:. He amassed a large 262:Achille Valenciennes 197:Johann Gerhard König 130:Marcus Elieser Bloch 34:Marcus Elieser Bloch 18:Marcus Eliesar Bloch 547:People from Ansbach 308:Johann G. Schneider 304:Systema Ichthologia 537:German taxonomists 290:and were entitled 266: 257:Acanthurus blochii 249: 236: 165:Bloch was born at 577:Jewish physicians 527:Jewish biologists 184:Moses Mendelssohn 127: 126: 92:Scientific career 16:(Redirected from 594: 469: 468: 460: 447: 441: 440: 438: 436: 424: 413: 412: 380: 374: 373: 341: 222:Works and legacy 44: 30: 29: 21: 602: 601: 597: 596: 595: 593: 592: 591: 502: 501: 478: 473: 472: 448: 444: 434: 432: 425: 416: 381: 377: 342: 338: 333: 272: 224: 163: 151:natural history 119: 115:Natural history 78: 73: 64: 59: 50: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 600: 590: 589: 584: 579: 574: 569: 564: 559: 554: 549: 544: 539: 534: 529: 524: 519: 514: 500: 499: 493: 484: 477: 476:External links 474: 471: 470: 442: 414: 375: 335: 334: 332: 329: 245:Diodon hystrix 223: 220: 162: 159: 155:ichthyologists 125: 124: 121: 120: 118: 117: 112: 107: 101: 99: 95: 94: 88: 87: 84: 80: 79: 74: 70: 66: 65: 60: 56: 52: 51: 45: 37: 36: 33: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 599: 588: 585: 583: 580: 578: 575: 573: 570: 568: 565: 563: 560: 558: 555: 553: 550: 548: 545: 543: 540: 538: 535: 533: 530: 528: 525: 523: 520: 518: 515: 513: 510: 509: 507: 497: 494: 491: 488: 485: 483: 480: 479: 466: 465: 459: 452: 451:public domain 446: 430: 423: 421: 419: 410: 406: 402: 398: 394: 390: 386: 379: 371: 367: 363: 359: 355: 352:(in German). 351: 347: 340: 336: 328: 326: 322: 317: 316:Carl Linnaeus 313: 309: 305: 301: 297: 293: 289: 285: 281: 277: 271: 263: 259: 258: 253: 247: 246: 240: 233: 228: 219: 217: 213: 208: 206: 202: 198: 192: 190: 189:Wolf Davidson 185: 181: 180:protected Jew 177: 172: 168: 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 135: 131: 122: 116: 113: 111: 108: 106: 103: 102: 100: 96: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 72:6 August 1799 71: 67: 63: 57: 53: 49: 43: 38: 31: 19: 498:- eti.uva.nl 489: 462: 445: 433:. Retrieved 395:(1): 41–48. 392: 388: 378: 353: 349: 339: 312:Peter Artedi 303: 299: 295: 291: 279: 273: 255: 243: 231: 216:Lichtenstadt 209: 193: 164: 141:and studied 129: 128: 91: 46:Portrait by 517:1799 deaths 512:1723 births 435:15 February 356:(19): 900. 276:ichthyology 105:Ichthyology 83:Nationality 48:Anton Graff 506:Categories 331:References 268:See also: 134:naturalist 401:0021-6704 370:0012-0472 147:physician 212:Carlsbad 110:Medicine 76:Carlsbad 487:Gallica 453::  409:4466986 323:of the 288:Germany 167:Ansbach 143:anatomy 62:Ansbach 407:  399:  368:  284:fishes 234:(1801) 98:Fields 86:German 405:JSTOR 171:Torah 139:Latin 437:2022 397:ISSN 366:ISSN 319:the 314:and 199:and 161:Life 69:Died 58:1723 55:Born 358:doi 508:: 461:. 417:^ 403:. 393:40 391:. 387:. 364:. 354:39 348:. 327:. 218:. 439:. 411:. 372:. 360:: 20:)

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Marcus Eliesar Bloch

Anton Graff
Ansbach
Carlsbad
Ichthyology
Medicine
Natural history
naturalist
Latin
anatomy
physician
natural history
ichthyologists
Ansbach
Torah
Frankfort on the Oder
protected Jew
Moses Mendelssohn
Wolf Davidson
Johann Gerhard König
Christoph Samuel John
Museum fĂĽr Naturkunde, Berlin
Carlsbad
Lichtenstadt


Diodon hystrix

Acanthurus blochii

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