Bloch

Bloch, MARCUS ELIESER, a celebrated ichthyologist, born of poor Jewish parents at Anspach, in Bavaria, in 1723. He settled in medical practice at Berlin, where his life was uneventful, and where he died, August 6, 1799. He is chiefly remembered for his great work, the Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische (12 vols. Berlin, 1782-95, with 432 coloured plates), long the most comprehensive work on ichthyology, and still valuable, especially for its illustrations.