Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus
Born	(1776-02-04)4 February 1776 Bremen, Germany
Died	16 February 1837(1837-02-16) (aged 61) Bremen, Germany
Alma mater	University of Göttingen
Known for	Biology, Transmutation of species
Scientific career
Fields	Biology, Mathematics, Medicine
Institutions	German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Academic advisors	Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (4 February 1776, Bremen – 16 February 1837, Bremen) was a German physician, naturalist, and proto-evolutionary biologist.

His younger brother, Ludolph Christian Treviranus (1779–1864), was also a naturalist and botanist, and also a notable taxonomist and zoologist.