Franz Eilhard Schulze was a German anatomist and zoologist born in Eldena, near Greifswald

Greifswald

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. He studied at the universities of Bonn

University of Bonn

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 and Rostock

University of Rostock

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. In 1863, he received his doctorate from Rostock, and subsequently became a lecturer of anatomy

Anatomy

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 as well as prosector

Prosector

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 there. In 1871 he established the zoological institute of the University of Rostock. Later he was a professor at the Universities of Graz

University of Graz

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 and Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

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In 1872, he took part in the Pomerania expedition to the North Sea

North Sea

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For several years during the 1890's, he was president of the German Zoological Society (Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft).

Schulze is remembered for his investigations of the anatomy and developmental history of invertebrates, particularly his research and publications involving sea-sponges. He was especially interested in a class of sponges known as Hexactinellida, which he studied from collections taken from the U.S. Albatross Expedition and the British Challenger Expedition

Challenger expedition

The Challenger expedition of 1872–76 was a scientific exercise that made many discoveries to lay the foundation of oceanography. The expedition was named after the mother vessel, HMS Challenger....

of 1873-76. Schulze also did important studies of xenophyophores, which are delicate sponge-like protozoans.

Selected works

• Amerikanische Hexactinelliden nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition. Jena 1899
• Hexactinellida. Jena: G. Fischer, 1904
• Die Xenophyophoren der Siboga-Expedition. Leiden: Brill, 1906

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