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> [!example] See also [[Carus, Carl Gustav|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Carus, Carl Gustav (1789-1869), German physician and biologist, born at Leipzig 3 Jan 1789, studied at the University of Leipzig, Dr. phil. ib. 20 Dec 1814, professor at the medical academy at Dresden 1815-1827, physician in ordinary with the King of Saxony 1827-1869, ultimately also president of the Leopoldina 1863-1869.
**Abbreviated name**: *Carus* \[standard form in IPNI: *Carus*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
ADB 4: 37-38 (Hecker); Barnhart 1: 318 (b. 3 Jan 1789, Leipzig, d. 28 Jul 1869, Dresden); BM 1: 321-322; CSP 1: 806-807, 6: 618, 7: 344; Frank 3(Anh.): 17; LS 4724-4725; NDB 3: 181-183; Quenstedt p. 75; Ratzeburg p. 108-111; Rehder 4: 433; TL-2/1: 462-463, and see indexes.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bonplandia 3: 30. 1855 (cogn. Cajus II); Bot. Zeit. 27: 552. 1869; 29: 162. 1871; J. Bot. 7: 280. Sep 1869 (d., president Leopoldina); Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1869-70: 98-99. 1870 (bibl.); Leopoldina 7: 1-6 (portr. obit.), 33-36. 1871.
- Arnim, S. von, Carl Gustav Carus. Dresden 1930, 115 p.
- Carpenter, M.M., Amer. Midland Natural. 33(1): 16. 1945 (lists obits.).
- Carus, C.G., Jahresber. Ges. Naturk. Heilk., Dresden 1870: 1-31; Lebenserinnerungen, Leipzig 1865-1866, 4 vols., vol. 5 ed. Zaunick, Dresden 1911.
- Genschorek, W., Carl Gustav Carus; Arzt, Künstler, Naturforscher, Leipzig 1980 ed. 2. 263 p., 1986 ed. 4. 266 p.
- Halm, K., Sitzungsber. bayr. Akad. Wiss. 1: 412-415. 1870 (obit.).
- Keiper, W., Ein Gesammtverzeichnis der Werke von Carl Gustav Carus, Berlin 1934, 16 p.
- Kern, H., Carl Gustav Carus, Persönlichkeit und Werk, Berlin 204 p. 1942, see also Leopoldina ser. 2. 3: 127-145. 1928.
- Kleine-Natrop (ed.), C.G. Carus in mortis centenarium, Dresden 1969, Schriftenreihe Med. Akad. Dresden 8.
- Kloppe, W., Erinnerungen an Carl Gustav Carus 1969, p. 1-39 (p. 39 handwriting, also portr.).
- Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 126. 1973.
- Merbach, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturk. Heilk., Dresden, Beilage 1870: 1-26.
- Nissen, C., Zool. Buchill. 97-99. 1966.
- Nordenskiöld, E., Hist. biology 209. 1935.
- Prause, M., Carl Gustav Carus: Leben und Werk, Berlin 1968. 187 p.
- Ratzeburg, J.T.C., Forstwiss. Schriftsteller-Lexikon 108-111. 1874.
- Regel, E.A. von, Gartenflora 12(2): 77. Feb 1863 (apptd. president Leopoldina).
- Schlechtendal, D.F.L. von, Bot. Zeit. 19: 207-208. 19 Jul 1861 (rev. of *Natur und Idee*, Wien 1861).
- Schmidt, G., Carl Gustav Carus und C.Fr.Th. v. Martius, eine Altersfreundschaft in Briefen, s.d., s.l. (portr., corr.); Goethe u. d. Naturw., Halle p. 143, 253, 276, 279. 1900.
- Smit, P., History of the life sciences p. 894-895. 1974.
- Walter, J. et al., Leopoldina ser. 2. 3: 113-145. 1928 (bibl., biogr., portr.).
- Zaunick, R., Bericht 250. Wiederkehr... Leopoldina 1937: 68-82.
- Zuchold, E.A., Jahresber. nat. Ver. Halle 5: 12. 1853.
### Publications
##### n.24.992. Beobachtung
**Title**
*Beobachtung* einer sehr eigenthümlichen *Schimmelvegetation*, (Pyronema marianum mihi), auf Kohlenboden... Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Curios.... 1835. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1835 (mss. submitted 20 Oct 1834), p. \[367\]-375, *pl. 27.* *Copy*: L (xerocopy). – Published as Nova Acta Leop. 17: 367-375, *pl. 27.* 1835.