ESCHSCHOLTZ

eschscholtz, johann friedrich (1793-1831), russian traveller and naturalist, was born in november 1793, at dorpat, where he died in may 1831. he was naturalist and physician to otto von kotzebue's exploring expedition during 1815-1818. on his return he was appointed extraordinary professor of anatomy (1819) and director of the zoological museum of the university at dorpat (1822), and in 1823-1826 he accompanied kotzebue on his second voyage of discovery. he became ordinary professor of anatomy at dorpat in 1828. among his publications were the _system der akalephen_ (1829), and the _zoologischer atlas_ (1829-1833). the botanical genus _eschscholtzia_ was named by adelbert von chamisso in his honour.