Camill Heller

Czech zoologist and anatomist
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IntroCzech zoologist and anatomist
PlacesAustria
wasZoologist Carcinologist Educator
Work fieldAcademia Biology Science
Gender
Male
Birth26 September 1823, Teplice
Death25 February 1917Innsbruck (aged 93 years)
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Biography

Camill Heller (26 September 1823 – 25 February 1917) was a zoologist and anatomist.
Heller was born in Sobochleben (Soběchleby) near Teplitz in Bohemia (now Teplice, part of the Czech Republic). He received a doctorate in medical studies in Vienna in 1849. Heller was the 'Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy' at the University of Krakow in Poland from 1858 to 1863 and from 1863 until his retirement in 1894 he taught at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.
Heller primarily specialised in crustaceans but also worked on bryozoans, echinoderms, pycnogonids, and tunicates.

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