Semper, KARL, naturalist, was born at Altona on 6th July 1832, studied at Kiel, Hanover, and Würzburg, and, after travelling in the Philippines and South Sea Islands, became professor of Zoology at Würzburg. He has written on the Philippines, on several problems of comparative anatomy, and The Natural Conditions of Existence as they affect Animal Life (trans. 1880).
Semper, KARL
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 312
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